11 best-selling classics books like Olympe de Clèves by Alexandre Dumas

Cover of Olympe de Clèves by Alexandre Dumas

Olympe de Clèves

By: Alexandre Dumas

3.38

Format: 924 pages, Paperback

Olympe de Clèves compte parmi les grands romans de Dumas tombés pour un temps dans l'oubli : c'est …

If you liked the classics plot in Olympe de Clèves by Alexandre Dumas , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac, Donald Adamson

1. The Black Sheep

By: Honoré de Balzac , Donald Adamson

3.99

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Philippe and Joseph Bridau are extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficiall… read more

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  • classics
  • france
"Like the moth whose feet are caught in the molten wax of a candle, Rouget rapidly used up his remaining energy."

-Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

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2. Summer

By: Edith Wharton

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton's "Summer" created a sensation when first p… read more

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Cover of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, Carolyn G. Heilbrun

3. The Moonstone

By: Wilkie Collins , Carolyn G. Heilbrun

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazi… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Pierrette by Honoré de Balzac

4. Pierrette

By: Honoré de Balzac

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of reali… read more

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  • classics
  • france
Cover of The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac

5. 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
Cover of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Jeremy Tambling

6. David Copperfield

By: Charles Dickens , Jeremy Tambling

4.03

Format: 882 pages, Paperback

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impov… read more

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"Trifles make the sum of life. "

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"the sight of me is good for sore eyes"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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7. The Name of the Rose

By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver

4.14

Format: 552 pages, Paperback

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more

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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."

-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

8. Uncle Vanya

By: Anton Chekhov

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Famous play by the Russian short story writer and playwright. His major plays are frequently revive… read more

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9. Boule de Suif (21 contes)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Pendant l'hiver, 1870-71, durant la guerre franco-prussienne, la ville de Rouen (Normandie) est env… read more

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10. Adolphe

By: Benjamin Constant , Leonard Tancock

3.88

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world aro… read more

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11. Lost Illusions

By: Honoré de Balzac , Ellen Marriage , George Saintsbury

4.16

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his … read more

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  • france
"For avarice begins where poverty ends."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"ci sono uomini-quercia, io sono forse solo un arbusto elegante, e ho la pretesa di essere un cedro."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"căci excesele de orice soi împing trupul pe calea spre care e predispus din naştere: ca şi învăţătura multă, beţia îl îngraşă pe cel gras şi îl slăbeşte pe cel slab."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

Cover of Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen

12. Eugene Onegin

By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more

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  • classics
"He's happy now, he's almost sane."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

13. Bruges-La-Morte

By: Georges Rodenbach , Will Stone

3.95

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Hugues Viane is a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal lo… read more

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Cover of The Wild Ass's Skin by Honoré de Balzac, Herbert J. Hunt

14. The Wild Ass's Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac , Herbert J. Hunt

3.71

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

The Wild Ass's Skin is Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel that tells the story of a young man, Raphaël d… read more

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  • france
"He looked like some plant bleached by darkness."

-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin

"Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society."

-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin

"Notre conscience est un juge infaillible, quand nous ne l'avons pas encore assassinée."

-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin

"La verdadera pasión se expresa con gritos, con suspiros fastidiosos para el hombre frío."

-Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin

Cover of Olympe de Clèves by Alexandre Dumas

15. Olympe de Clèves

By: Alexandre Dumas

3.38

Format: 924 pages, Paperback

Olympe de Clèves compte parmi les grands romans de Dumas tombés pour un temps dans l'oubli : c'est … read more

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  • classics
  • france

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The Black Sheep

Honoré de Balzac , Donald Adamson

3.99

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Pierrette

Honoré de Balzac

4.18

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The Chouans

Honoré de Balzac

4.50

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Lost Illusions

Honoré de Balzac , Ellen Marriage , George Saintsbury

4.16

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Aurélien

Louis Aragon

4.30

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Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

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Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.30

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