Emma Watson Is Hiding Copies of The Handmaid’s Tale All Over Paris
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Forget the Louvre and Eiffel Tower.
If you’re in Paris right now, there’s only one thing to look out for: The Handmaid’s Tale. Thanks to the powers of actress, humanitarian, and voracious reader Emma Watson, bibliophiles around the City of Love are running around searching for copies that Watson has sprinkled around town.
“I’m hiding copies of The Handmaid’s Tale in Paris!” she wrote on Twitter, also sharing the news in French. No, you likely won’t find her literally walking around, seeing how she can secret a paperback book inside Notre-Dame Cathedral. Instead, she’s teamed up with The Book Fairies, an organization that does just that.
I'm hiding copies of The Handmaid's Tale in Paris! Je cache des copies de La Servante Ecarlate dans tout Paris! #OSSParis @the_bookfairies pic.twitter.com/SvwjYqm1G3
I'm hiding copies of The Handmaid's Tale in Paris! Je cache des copies de La Servante Ecarlate dans tout Paris! #OSSParis @the_bookfairies ???? pic.twitter.com/SvwjYqm1G3
— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 21, 2017
Of course, the read is also the latest in her book club, Our Shared Shelf.
So are people finding them? You bet. They come wrapped in a nice green Book Fairies ribbon along with two stickers, one from the organization, one from Watson’s book club.
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As of this morning, they’ve hit Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, and Place l'Hôtel de Ville. And people are finding them:
*heavy breathing* https://t.co/gVkcnj2fGD
*heavy breathing* https://t.co/gVkcnj2fGD
— Sophie (@sophiedhen) June 21, 2017
I'm literally dying! I just found one of the books @EmmaWatson hid in Paris for @the_bookfairies.
I can't breathe!!!
I'm reading it now!!! pic.twitter.com/VcrBjfjs05
I'm literally dying! I just found one of the books @EmmaWatson hid in Paris for @the_bookfairies.
I can't breathe!!!
I'm reading it now!!! pic.twitter.com/VcrBjfjs05— Josh Martinez (@joshmartinez240) June 21, 2017
@the_bookfairies I FOUND IT !!! OH MY DAMN pic.twitter.com/lCFcLNMK2N
@the_bookfairies I FOUND IT !!! OH MY DAMN pic.twitter.com/lCFcLNMK2N
— Mathilde ? (@MathyDreamy) June 21, 2017
Yes. The Book Fairies are THIS close to #TheCircle premiere... hiding the book for this pic as people are getting a little crazy! #OSSParis pic.twitter.com/IH28WcF7cU
Yes. The Book Fairies are THIS close to #TheCircle premiere... hiding the book for this pic as people are getting a little crazy! #OSSParis pic.twitter.com/IH28WcF7cU
— The Book Fairies (@the_bookfairies) June 21, 2017
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Only Watson (who's done this before, by the way) could cause a stir over books in 2017.