Looking Out From The First Apartment

A photo taken out of the
window of 74 rue du Cardinal
Lemoine; possibly Hemingway
took this shot himself.
His work room was around the
corner at 39 rue Descartes.

A Map of Hemingway's Area of Paris

(Click to enlarge.)







Hemingway did not write much at the first apartment. He took a room in a hotel around the corner at 39 rue Descartes. It was the same building where the poet Verlaine had died.
In the first chapter of "A Moveable Feast" Hemingway is already making plans to leave Paris to escape the dreariness of the winter rain. He makes plans with Hadley to go to Le Avants, Switzerland where the air was crisp and clear in the winter. He decided to give up his studio at 39 rue Descartes to save money so they could leave Paris.

Paris districts or Arrondissements

Hemingway lived in the 6th arrondissement, at 113 rue Notre Dame des Champs.
His first apartment was at 74 rue du Cardinal Lemoine ( in the 5th arrondissement). His office was just around the corner.