The Song of the World
By: Jean Giono
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Of Sailor's twin sons, the elder is dead and the younger is missing. A simple woodsman, Sailor reso…
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1. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
By: Charles Dickens , Michael Slater
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. 'Merry Christmas!...every idiot who goes abo… read more
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- classics
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"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when the Great Creator was a child himself."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"... Any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness!"-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
"The air was filled with phantoms... and... the misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever."-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
2. Thérèse Raquin
By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss
3.73
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of… read more
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- french literature
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"Quando non c’è più speranza nel futuro, il presente si colora di una spaventosa amarezza."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais troublé leur vie."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir a jamais troublé leur vie."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
3. L'Écume des jours
By: Boris Vian
3.93
Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more
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- france
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- 20th century
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"Per me, ciccino mio"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
4. Madame Bovary
By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall
3.70
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more
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"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
5. The Song of Roland
By: Unknown , Dorothy L. Sayers
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spa… read more
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6. One Deadly Summer
By: Alan Sheridan , Sébastien Japrisot
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Her name is Elaine, but the people in her small town know her simply as Elle. As a voluptuous as th… read more
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- france
- french literature
- fiction
7. The Feast of the Goat
By: Mario Vargas Llosa , Edith Grossman
4.33
Format: 475 pages, Paperback
Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns… read more
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"باور نمی کردم که او به دوست قدیمی خودش نارو بزند. خب دیگر، سیاست یعنی همین، آدم روی جنازه دیگران جلو می رود."-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"They had forgotten the abuses, the murders, the corruption, the spying, the isolation, the fear: horror had become myth. Everybody had jobs and there wasn't so much crime."-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"миллионы людей, одурманенные пропагандой и отсутствием информации, отупевшие от догматизма и изоляции от внешнего мира, лишенные свободы и воли, а от страха—даже и любопытства, пришли к угодничеству …"-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
"Într-o clasificare după merite, pe primul loc se află militarii. Îşi fac datoria, se ţin foarte puţin de intrigi, nu pierd timpul. Apoi, tăranii. (…) Urmează funcţionarii, întreprinzătorii, comercian…"-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat
8. The Chouans
By: Honoré de Balzac
4.50
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
Les Chouans (French pronunciation: [le Swa], The Chouans) is an 1829 novel by French novelist and p… read more
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- classics
- france
- french literature
- fiction
9. Texaco
By: Patrick Chamoiseau
3.62
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Of black Martinican provenance, Patrick Chamoiseau gives us Texaco(winner of the Prix Goncourt, Fra… read more
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- france
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10. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
By: Steele Savage , Edith Hamilton
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless … read more
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- classics
11. Ravage
By: René Barjavel
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Paris 2052 ; dans une France ou la Ville prospere, ou le Progres de l'homme eclate, ou l'electricit… read more
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12. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
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"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
13. Night Flight
By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3.00
Format: 282 pages,
In this gripping novel, Saint-Exupery tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from … read more
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14. La Horde du Contrevent
By: Alain Damasio
4.18
Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Imaginez une Terre poncee, avec en son centre une bande de cinq mille kilometres de large et sur se… read more
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15. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
16. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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- classics
- france
- french literature
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- 20th century
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"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
17. A Hero of Our Time
By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more
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18. Rouge Brésil
By: Jean-Christophe Rufin
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Mass Market Paperback
La conquete du Bresil par les Francais est un des episodes les plus extraordinaires et les plus mec… read more
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19. D'un monde à l'autre
By: Pierre Bottero
4.04
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
La vie de Camille, adolescente surdouee, bascule quand elle penetre par accident dans l'univers de … read more
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20. Sentimental Education
By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Robert Baldick
3.81
Format: 460 pages, Paperback
Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by… read more
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- classics
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"Cheer up,' said the captain's son. 'Life is long, and we are young."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"...I'm going to write a little novel entitled 'The History of the Idea of Justice' and won't it be funny!"-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
21. Une vie
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.86
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Jeanne, ayant fini ses malles, s'approcha de la fenêtre, mais la pluie ne cessait pas. L'averse, t… read more
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"After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think."-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
"One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death."-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
"Then she added, no doubt in answer to her own thoughts: 'You see, life is never as good or as bad as one thinks.' "-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
"Human nature itself seemed to her obscene, when she thought of all the filthy secrets of sensuality, the degrading caresses, all the mysterious connexions that cannot be broken off, at which she gues…"-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
22. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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- france
- french literature
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"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
23. Les Mains sales
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
<> Creee en 1948 au theatre Antoine par Francois Perier et Andre Luguet, Les Mains sales, piece sur… read more
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24. Empire of the Ants (La Saga des Fourmis, #1)
By: Bernard Werber
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here is the stunning international bestseller in the tradition of Watership Downbut with a dark, or… read more
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25. The Fall
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more
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26. Humus
By: Gaspard Kœnig
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Deux étudiants en agronomie, angoissés comme toute leur génération par la crise écologique, refusen… read more
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"Vous aurez compris que pour ma part, je renonce. J'ai été jusqu'au bout de mon expérience et j'ai constaté que nous étions déjà condamnés. Nous profitons encore un peu, ivres morts, du sursis que nou…"-Gaspard Kœnig, Humus
27. Las gratitudes
By: Delphine de Vigan
4.30
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
«Hoy ha muerto una anciana a la que yo quería. A menudo pensaba: "Le debo tanto." O: "Sin ella, pro… read more
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"A veces conviene aceptar el vacío que deja la pérdida. Renunciar a la distracción. Aceptar que ya no hay nada que decir. Permanecer sentado, a su vera. Cogiéndola de la mano."-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes
"Tras sus miradas borrosas, sus gestos inseguros, sus cuerpos encorvados o doblados por la mitad, busco al muchacho o a la muchacha que fueron como quien pretende descubrir el esbozo original de un di…"-Delphine de Vigan, Las gratitudes
28. The Birthday Party
By: Laurent Mauvignier
3.75
Format: 454 pages, Paperback
A painter contends with the ghosts of the French countryside in a psychological literary thriller b… read more
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29. Ceux qui restent
By: Benoît Coquard
4.08
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Qui sont ces hommes et ces femmes qui continuent d'habiter dans les campagnes en déclin ? Certains … read more
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30. The Song of the World
By: Jean Giono
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Of Sailor's twin sons, the elder is dead and the younger is missing. A simple woodsman, Sailor reso… read more
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31. Aan de vrouw
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Na een avond uit met zijn beste vriend Cyprien betrapt André zijn vrouw Berthe op overspel. Vernede… read more
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