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    The paper focuses on Julian Barnes recent book “The Man in the Red Coat” (2019) with the concern of exploring the interrelatedness of Belle Époque with the idea of joie de vivre. The analytical observations are contextualized against the backdrop of the occurrence and historical development of the notion joie de vivre and of certain corresponding literary thematizations.

    Ключови думи: joie de vivre, Belle Époque, Julian Barnes, The Man in the Red Coat, Henri-Pierre Roché, Jules and Jim