Le Quart Livre
By: François Rabelais
3.33
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Soubdain, je ne sçay comment, le cas feut subit, je ne eu loisir le consyderer, Panurge, sans ault…
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1. Canzoniere
By: Francesco Petrarca , Daniele Ponchiroli , Gianfranco Contini , None
3.97
Format: 471 pages, Paperback
In concomitanza con il settimo centenario della nascita del poeta, la curatrice, tra i massimi spec… read more
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- classics
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"...never would I trade for some new shape that laurel I was first, in whose sweet shade all other pleasures vanish in my heart."-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
"There cannot be a heart so hard that weeping, praying and loving sometime will not move, nor yet a will so cold it cannot burn."-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
"Now that the time that calls me to depart draws near, I think, or will not be too long, like one whom losses make acute and wise, I keep on wondering where I left the way that leads to a safe haven o…"-Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere
2. La vie devant soi
By: Romain Gary , None
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Signé Ajar, ce roman reçut le prix Goncourt en 1975. Histoire d'amour d'un petit garçon arabe pour … read more
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- france
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- novels
"هیچکس از ته دل نمیخواهد که بدی کند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Много ясно си спомням този миг от живота си, понеже беше досущ като останалите."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"سه ساله بودم که برای اولین بار رُزاخانم را دیدم. قبل از این سن آدم چیزی یادش نمیآید و در جهلِ مطلق دست و پا میزند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Аз мисля, че живота трябва да го живеем в най-ранна възраст, защото после се обезценяваш и никой нищо не ти дава даром."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
3. Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy) The… read more
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- fiction
"Er wollte sagen: Wie könnt ihr so nett und gleichzeitig so dumm sein?"-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"So funktioniert die Geschichte leider nicht. Erst das Blut, dann der Verstand."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Und jetzt sink auf die Knie, wenn du nicht auf andere Weise kleiner werden willst."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
"Der Mann schien für seine Freunde mindestens ebenso gefährlich zu sein wie für seine Feinde."-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)
4. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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- classics
- france
- french literature
- fiction
5. Britannicus
By: Jean Racine
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Une mere autoritaire et possessive, un fils sournois et pervers, un vertueux demi-frere par allianc… read more
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- france
- french literature
- fiction
6. Growth of the Soil
By: Knut Hamsun
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle, this epic tale recaptures the world of Norwegian … read more
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- novels
- classics
- fiction
7. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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- classics
- fiction
8. Haiku: Anthologie du poème court japonais
By: Corinne Atlan , Zéno Bianu
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ne il y a trois siecles au Japon, le haiku est la forme poetique la plus courte du monde. Art de l'… read more
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- france
9. Huis clos, suivi de Les mouches
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
3.76
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
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- france
- french literature
- fiction
10. Le Colonel Chabert
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.59
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Le Colonel Chabert est supposé avoir été tué sur le champ d'honneur dans l'une des batailles de Nap… read more
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- classics
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- novels
"Morālās ciešanas, kas pārspēj fiziskās, allaž izraisa mazāku žēlumu, jo cilvēka acij nav saskatāmas."-Honoré de Balzac, Le Colonel Chabert
11. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
12. Ninety-Three
By: Victor Hugo , Ayn Rand
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
Ninety-three, the last of Victor Hugo's novels, is regarded by many including such diverse critics … read more
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13. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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- novels
- classics
- fiction
"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
14. The Gentle Spirit
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.89
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
In this compelling study of despair, based on a real-life incident, a pawnbroker mourns the loss of… read more
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- novels
- classics
- fiction
"I'm a master of speaking silently—all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ac…"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
"Listen! This is where it began but I keep getting muddled... The fact of the matter is that I now want to recall everything, every trifle, every little detail. I still want to collect my thoughts and…"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gentle Spirit
15. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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- fiction
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
16. 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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- french literature
"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)
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18. The Complete Fairy Tales
By: Oscar Wilde
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Pri… read more
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19. The Decameron
By: Giovanni Boccaccio , G.H. McWilliam
4.35
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the … read more
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20. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
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21. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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22. Le Malade imaginaire
By: Molière
3.63
Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Le Malade imaginaire est la dernière comédie et en même temps la dernière pièce écrite par Molière.… read more
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- classics
- france
- french literature
- fiction
"La musique est accoutumée à ne point faire ce qu'on veut."-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire
"Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies."-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire
23. Andromaque
By: Jean Racine
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Fin d'une guerre ou l'on crie malheur aux vaincus. Prise d'otages. Chantage sur un enfant. Complot.… read more
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24. The Laugh of the Medusa
By: Hélène Cixous
4.09
Format: None pages,
Cixous is issuing her female readers an ultimatum of sorts: either they can read it and choose to s… read more
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25. Twenty Years After (The D'Artagnan Romances, #2)
By: Alexandre Dumas , David Coward , Auguste Maquet
4.34
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.' Twenty Years After(1845), the sequel to The Three … read more
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26. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Solitude sometimes is best society."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
27. 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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28. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
29. Un roi sans divertissement
By: Jean Giono
3.57
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Le livre est parti parfaitement au hasard, sans aucun personnage. Le personnage était l'Arbre, le … read more
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- france
- french literature
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- novels
"¿Quién dijo aquello de: "Un rey sin diversión es un hombre lleno de miserias"?"-Jean Giono, Un roi sans divertissement
"Il était comme ces moines qui sont obligés de faire effort pour s'arracher d'où ils sont et venir où vous êtes; imiter les rires et les mots auxquels vous êtes habitués; avoir la politesse ou le mépr…"-Jean Giono, Un roi sans divertissement
30. Le Quart Livre
By: François Rabelais
3.33
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Soubdain, je ne sçay comment, le cas feut subit, je ne eu loisir le consyderer, Panurge, sans ault… read more
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- novels
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- 16th century
31. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
