If you’re an avid reader, your virtual passport would be stamped most often with visits to London! In this article Writer’s Relief found on LitHub.com, London is mentioned in literature three times more than any other major European city—making London the European city that appears most often in literature. And when authors write about London, the stories most often take place in the 1960s. Paris in the 1920s comes in second, followed by 1920s Rome.

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