Letters of Mistress Henley Published by Her Friend
By: Isabelle de Charrière
3.57
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eigh…
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1. Indiana
By: George Sand , Sylvia Raphael , Naomi Schor
3.51
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The first novel that George Sand wrote without a collaborator, this is not only a vivid romance, bu… read more
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"Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect"-George Sand, Indiana
"Taisez-vous, sotte et impertinente créature ; vos phrases de roman nous ennuient."-George Sand, Indiana
"Ce n'est pas la première fois que je remarque combien, en France particulièrement, les mots ont plus d’empire que les idées." ("It's not the first time I've noticed how much more power words have tha…"-George Sand, Indiana
"A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will…"-George Sand, Indiana
2. 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
3. The Princesse de Clèves
By: Madame de La Fayette
3.00
Format: 508 pages, Paperback
This new translation of The Princesse de Clevesalso includes two shorter works also attributed to M… read more
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4. Lettres d'une Peruvienne (Texts and Translations : Texts, No 2)
By: Joan DeJean , Françoise de Graffigny
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most popular works of the eighteenth century, Lettres d'une Peruvienneappeared in more t… read more
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5. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
By: Angela Y. Davis , Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contempo… read more
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6. Ourika
By: John Fowles , Claire de Duras , Joan DeJean and Margaret Waller
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
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7. So Long a Letter
By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more
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8. Fingersmith
By: Sarah Waters
4.02
Format: 592 pages, ebook
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raise… read more
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"You pearl!"-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"PIGEON MY ARSE!"-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"It's a curious, wanting thing."-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"She said, 'It is filled with all the words for how I want you."-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
9. Celui qui est digne d'être aimé
By: Abdellah Taïa
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
Ahmed, 40 ans, est marocain. Il vit a Paris. Il ecrit a sa mere, morte cinq ans auparavant, pour re… read more
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10. Manon Lescaut
By: Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles , Leonard Tancock , None
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
"'The sweetness of her glance - or rather, my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to … read more
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11. 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)
12. Le Cid
By: Pierre Corneille
3.59
Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Dans une Espagne médiévale, héroïque, éclatante, deux jeunes gens se déchirent et s'adorent. Pour l… read more
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"Va, je ne te hais point."-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
"Dans le bonheur d'autrui je cherche mon bonheur"-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
"Czując cudownie w sobie rozdwojoną duszę Raz nim gardzę, drugi raz wzdychać za nim muszę."-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
"Je suis jeune, il est vrai mais aux âmes bien nées La valeur n'attend pas le nombre des années"-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid
13. Masters of the Dew (Caribbean Writers Series)
By: Jacques Roumain , None , None
3.99
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
This outstanding Haitian novel tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvat… read more
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14. Giovanni’s Room
By: James Baldwin
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds h… read more
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"Nobody can stay in the Garden of Eden."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
15. 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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"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
16. Bel Canto
By: Ann Patchett
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor o… read more
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17. The Red and the Black
By: Stendhal , None
3.86
Format: 577 pages, Paperback
Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more
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"A good book is an event in my life."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
18. Jealousy
By: Alain Robbe-Grillet , Richard Howard
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
'Jealousy' tells of a jealous husband whose suspicion of his wife and neighbors takes possession of… read more
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19. Carnets de thèse
By: Tiphaine Rivière
3.91
Format: 416 pages,
Quand une jeune enseignante quitte son college de ZEP pour se lancer, euphorique, dans une these, e… read more
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20. Shame
By: Annie Ernaux
3.67
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon." Thus begins Shame, … read more
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"People are forever remembering."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"We have no true memory of ourselves."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"Le pire dans la honte, c'est qu'on croit être seul à la ressentir"-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"anyone who doesn't speak "the way we do" is, to some extent, labeled a foreigner."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
21. Veiller sur elle
By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
4.28
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissag… read more
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"Les mots ont un sens, nommer c'est comprendre"-Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Veiller sur elle
22. Quand tu écouteras cette chanson
By: Lola Lafon
4.40
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Le 18 août 2021, j'ai passé la nuit au Musée Anne Frank, dans l'Annexe. Anne Frank, que tout le mon… read more
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23. Three Women
By: Lisa Taddeo
3.72
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women, based on nearly a decade of… read more
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"Women shouldn't judge each others lives, if we haven't been through one another's fires."-Lisa Taddeo, Three Women
"It's more than fandom when a story touches you so hard that you wish the characters were your family"-Lisa Taddeo, Three Women
"He's usually so quiet, but he's talking now, and when quiet people open their mouths the whole world listens."-Lisa Taddeo, Three Women
"The problem, she's starting to understand, is that a man will never let you fall completely into hell. He will scoop you up right before you drop the final inch so that you cannot blame him for sendi…"-Lisa Taddeo, Three Women
24. Milk Fed
By: Melissa Broder
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god from the… read more
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"This interplay between hope and reality was also a part of the mourning."-Melissa Broder, Milk Fed
"There are emanations of god we can’t even see. What’s important is that you feel it."-Melissa Broder, Milk Fed
"Life was a lot less bleak when you were staring straight down the barrel of a burrito."-Melissa Broder, Milk Fed
"I wanted a love contingent on nothing finite. I wanted a love without end. Everyone was always saying you had to give it to yourself. Self-love, self-love."-Melissa Broder, Milk Fed
25. La petite menteuse
By: Pascale Robert-Diard
3.47
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
A quinze ans, Lisa est une adolescente en vrac, à la spontanéité déroutante. Elle a eu des seins av… read more
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26. Intermezzo
By: Sally Rooney
4.34
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more
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27. Letters of Mistress Henley Published by Her Friend
By: Isabelle de Charrière
3.57
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
Considered by many scholars to be among the most brilliant novels written in French during the eigh… read more
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