9 Top fiction books like Contes et Nouvelles en vers by Jean de la Fontaine

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Contes et Nouvelles en vers

By: Jean de la Fontaine

3.63

Format: 560 pages, Mass Market Paperback

La Fontaine attachait autant d'importance à ses Contes et Nouvelles qu'à ses Fables. Inspirés du Dé…

If you liked the fiction plot in Contes et Nouvelles en vers by Jean de la Fontaine , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

1. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon, Malcolm Bowie, Mark Overstall

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

Similar categories in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
"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

Cover of The Plague by Albert Camus, Stuart Gilbert

3. The Plague

By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more

Similar categories in Albert Camus's The Plague book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."

-Albert Camus, The Plague

Cover of Don Juan by Molière, Richard Wilbur

4. Don Juan

By: Molière , Richard Wilbur

3.56

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Molière's classic tale of the Seducer of Seville, an uproariously funny story flawlessly translated… read more

Similar categories in Molière's Don Juan book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
"[...] il n'est rien de si doux que de triompher de la résistance d'une belle personne."

-Molière, Don Juan

"[..] l'hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent pour vertus."

-Molière, Don Juan

"Bah!, non andiamo a pensare a quel che può capitarci e pensiamo soltanto a quel che può darci piacere."

-Molière, Don Juan

Cover of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

5. Death of a Salesman

By: Arthur Miller

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more

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  • fiction
"I’m tired to the death."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"LINDA [with infinite patience]"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"Be liked and you will never want."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

Cover of Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) by Marcel Proust, Simon Vance, Lydia Davis

6. 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

Similar categories in Marcel Proust's Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

"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)

7. Des hommes

By: Laurent Mauvignier

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ils ont ete appeles en Algerie au moment des <>, en 1960. Deux ans plus tard, Bernard, Rabut, Fevri… read more

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Cover of The Red and the Black by Stendhal, None

8. 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

Similar categories in Stendhal's The Red and the Black book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
"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

Cover of Germinie Lacerteux by Edmond de Goncourt

9. Germinie Lacerteux

By: Edmond de Goncourt

3.54

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

English, French (translation) read more

Similar categories in Edmond de Goncourt's Germinie Lacerteux book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
Cover of L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé

10. L'Astrée

By: Honoré d'Urfé

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Délectables rivières», «fertilité du rivage», «air si tempéré que la terre y est capable de tout c… read more

Similar categories in Honoré d'Urfé's L'Astrée book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • fiction
Cover of Contes et Nouvelles en vers by Jean de la Fontaine

11. Contes et Nouvelles en vers

By: Jean de la Fontaine

3.63

Format: 560 pages, Mass Market Paperback

La Fontaine attachait autant d'importance à ses Contes et Nouvelles qu'à ses Fables. Inspirés du Dé… read more

Similar categories in Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers book and Jean de la Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en vers

  • poetry
  • fiction

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3.78

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