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By having a glance at the French history and literature, it can be found out that the eighteenth century human beings were laden with eagerness for journey, discovery, adventurism, traveling and exploring the unknown and far horizons and lands. This eagerness gave rise to the widespread publication of travel accounts which were all the result of experiences from all European societies. It is all obvious that fiction is a very appropriate ground for the illustration of trip in the development of the modern economic geography, and has been an impetus in creating increasing changes in the culture and civilization of countries. Investigating the most important novels of the eighteenth century, this article examines the mutual effects of traveling and fiction in Europe and especially in France, a literature which encourages a lot of readers to travel and to seek adventures by combining reality and imagination and creating new myths, while at the same time undergoing a change in this direction.