10 Top classics books like Les vierges et autres nouvelles by Irène Némirovsky

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Les vierges et autres nouvelles

By: Irène Némirovsky

3.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Femmes terrassées par la fortune qui a cessé de leur obéir. Hommes brutalement dépouillés de leurs …

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1. Dora Bruder

By: Patrick Modiano , None

3.57

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Patrick Modiano opens Dora Bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal c… read more

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"But I am a patient man. I can wait for hours in the rain."

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"Existen casualidades, encuentros y coincidencias que se ignorarán siempre…"

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"El éxtasis no dura mucho, sin embargo. No tiene porvenir. Pronto nuestro impulso es frenado en seco."

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"That is her secret. A poor and precious secret that not even the executioners, the decrees, the occupying authorities, the Depot, the barracks, the camps, History, time-everything that defiles and de…"

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

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2. Emily L.

By: Marguerite Duras

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Mass Market Paperback

En el principio, ahí, mirando, en la terraza de un café al caer la tarde, hay una mujer que querría… read more

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  • 20th century
"Jag har en känsla av att lidandet inte kommer att upphöra förrän det finns i en bok... först då kommer det att vara slut. Först då kommer det att vara utplånat. Jag upptäcker det med den här historie…"

-Marguerite Duras, Emily L.

Cover of The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Burton Pike

3. The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir, James Kirkup

4. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

By: Simone de Beauvoir , James Kirkup

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Bea… read more

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  • classics
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5. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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  • classics
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6. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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7. L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir(1877) is the story of a woman's struggl… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Rain (Blackwater, #6) by Michael McDowell

8. Rain (Blackwater, #6)

By: Michael McDowell

4.16

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The mysterious saga of the Caskey family concludes in Blackwater VI: Rain. Time heals old wound… read more

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9. Germinal (Les Rougon-Macquart, #13)

By: Émile Zola , Roger Pearson

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at … read more

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  • classics

10. Chéri

By: Colette Gauthier-Villars

4.36

Format: 512 pages,

Lea de Lonval is an aging courtesan, a once famous beauty facing the end of her sexual career. She … read more

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11. L'altra figlia

By: Annie Ernaux , Lorenzo Flabbi

3.95

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

In un’assolata domenica d’estate una bambina ascolta per caso una conversazione della madre, e la s… read more

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12. The Man Who Laughs

By: Victor Hugo

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs(first published under the French title L'Homme qui Ritin April 186… read more

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13. The First Man

By: Albert Camus , David Hapgood

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of a car accident in whic… read more

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  • classics
  • 20th century
"Je réclame l'indépendance dans l'interdépendance."

-Albert Camus, The First Man

"Ceux qui [suscitent] l'amour,même déchus, sont les rois et les justificateurs du monde."

-Albert Camus, The First Man

"Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death."

-Albert Camus, The First Man

"Il faudrait vivre en spectateur de sa propre vie. Pour y ajouter le rêve qui l'achèverait. Mais on vit, et les autres rêvent votre vie."

-Albert Camus, The First Man

14. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stori… read more

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15. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel

4.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more

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16. La Bête humaine

By: Émile Zola , Henri Mitterand

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Mass Market Paperback

<< L'essentiel de La Bete humaine, c'est l'instinct de mort dans le personnage principal, la felure… read more

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17. L'isola di Arturo

By: Elsa Morante

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Il romanzo e un'esplorazione attenta della prima realta verso le sorgenti non inquinate della vita.… read more

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18. The Hearing Trumpet

By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more

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19. Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

By: Stefan Zweig , Mahmure Kahraman

3.90

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Zweig bu novellasında bir kadının yaşamını bütünüyle değiştiren yirmi dört saatlik deneyimini anlat… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • 20th century
"La vérité à demi ne vaut rien, il la faut toujours entière."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Envejecer no significa otra cosa que no tener miedo al pasado"

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Değerli olan her zaman için gerçeğin yarısı değil, tamamıdır."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Ceux qui tombent entraînent souvent dans leur chute ceux qui se portent à leur secours."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

20. Flush

By: Virginia Woolf , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening p… read more

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21. The Sundial

By: Shirley Jackson

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

Aunt Fanny knows when the world will end.... Aunt Fanny has always been somewhat peculiar. No one i… read more

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22. Guerre

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more

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  • classics
  • 20th century
"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

Cover of The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg

23. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

By: Fannie Flagg

4.10

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author returns to the small town at the heart of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle St… read more

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"They wolfed wolfly in the wolf den."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

"You know, life can be hard sometimes. And I sort of think animals are little gifts the good Lord sends to help us get through it. Lady sure did that for me."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

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24. The Mountain King (The Asker Series, #1)

By: Anders de la Motte

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This atmospheric and sinister mystery, perfect for fans of the Nordic thrillers of Jo Nesbo and Sti… read more

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25. Trois

By: Valérie Perrin

4.29

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

« Je m'appelle Virginie. Aujourd'hui, de Nina, Adrien et Etienne, seul Adrien me parle encore. Nin… read more

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"W życiu są ci, którzy zostają, i ci, którzy odjeżdżają, myśli Nina. I ci, którzy porzucają."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Nina a appris qu'on ne construit rien avec quelqu'un, ni pour quelqu'un. Qu'une existence se fonde seul et que si par miracle on rencontre une âme un peu sœur, c'est cadeau."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Imagine you’ve been unable to move for years because your fist is clenched inside a container, and to manage to pull your hand out, to free yourself, you just need to let go of what you’re clutching …"

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

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26. La strega

By: Shirley Jackson

3.34

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

Tre dei racconti qui riuniti hanno come protagoniste quelle creaturine infide, pericolose, enigmati… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg

27. Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity

By: Nicklas Brendborg

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" … read more

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28. Under en anden himmel

By: Mich Vraa

4.12

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

I et skur bag en havnekaj i Hongkong får den unge Ritou en dyster spådom: Du skal forsvinde fra ver… read more

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29. Les vierges et autres nouvelles

By: Irène Némirovsky

3.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Femmes terrassées par la fortune qui a cessé de leur obéir. Hommes brutalement dépouillés de leurs … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • 20th century
Cover of La fortuna (Blackwater, #5) by Michael McDowell

30. La fortuna (Blackwater, #5)

By: Michael McDowell

4.04

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

1946. Come un organismo vivente, la famiglia Caskey si sviluppa e si trasforma. Alcuni affrontano l… read more

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3.67

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3.97

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3.90

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3.79

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