Hugo is elected to the Académie Française, Dumas inaugurates his theater, Balzac has already written 50 novels and intends to write twice as many, as La Comédie Humaine fills his every thought. The newly divorced Sand opens the doors of her Nohant estate to her friends, where Delacroix's paintings mix with the music of Chopin, as words flow in abundance from George's pen. In Paris, Nerval and Gautier elevate bohemianism into a new way of life. Together, they begin forging their own myths, even if it means romanticizing their lives.