13 must-read theatre books like The Infernal Machine and Other Plays by E.E. Cummings, Jean Cocteau, Dudley Fitts, Albert Bermel

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The Infernal Machine and Other Plays

By: None , E.E. Cummings , Jean Cocteau , Dudley Fitts , Albert Bermel , None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself …

If you liked the theatre plot in The Infernal Machine and Other Plays by None, E.E. Cummings, Jean Cocteau, Dudley Fitts, Albert Bermel, None, None , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Antigone

By: Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was occupied and part of Hitler's Eu… read more

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"My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"Antigone — Et serre moi. Plus fort que tu ne m'as jamais serrée. Que toute ta force s'imprime dans moi. Hémon — Là. De toute ma force."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"ANTIGONE: Tell me the truth! I beg you to tell me the truth! When you think about me, when it strikes you suddenly that I am going to belong to you―do you have the feeling that―that a great empty spa…"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

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2. L'Écume des jours

By: Boris Vian

3.93

Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more

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  • france
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"Per me, ciccino mio"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

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3. Un barrage contre le Pacifique

By: Marguerite Duras

3.76

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Les barrages de la mère dans la plaine, c'était le grand malheur et la grande rigolade à la fois, … read more

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  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
"Comme quoi une idée est toujours une bonne idée, du moment qu'elle fait faire quelque chose, même si tout est entrepris de travers."

-Marguerite Duras, Un barrage contre le Pacifique

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4. Hernani

By: Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

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5. Paris Spleen

By: Charles Baudelaire , Louise Varèse

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of t… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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6. Pierre et Jean

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Pierre, medecin, ne comprend pas pourquoi un ami de sa famille a legue sa fortune a Jean, son frere… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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7. The Infernal Machine and Other Plays

By: None , E.E. Cummings , Jean Cocteau , Dudley Fitts , Albert Bermel , None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself … read more

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  • theatre
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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8. 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

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  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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"[...] 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

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9. The Nun

By: Denis Diderot , Russell Goulbourne

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction

10. Ubu Roi

By: Barbara Wright , Alfred Jarry , Franciszka Themerson

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Championed by Dadaists and Surrealists as the first absurdist drama, the play features a main chara… read more

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11. Lucrèce Borgia

By: Victor Hugo

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Indifferente a la haine de l'Italie entiere, Lucrece Borgia parade au carnaval de Venise. Qui pourr… read more

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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. Fables

By: Jean de la Fontaine

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Une tortue, un corbeau, un lievre, une fourmi, un lion, et meme un pot au lait : autant de figures … read more

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14. Les Bonnes

By: Jean Genet

3.60

Format: 222 pages, Pocket Book

The Maids (Les Bonnes) is Jean Genet's most oft-revived work for the stage. First performed in Pari… read more

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"I, his mistress, mad with grief, shall follow him...I shall share his glory. You speak of widowhood and deny me the white gown - the mourning of queens."

-Jean Genet, Les Bonnes

15. Les Justes

By: Albert Camus

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Mass Market Paperback

1905 clis t`ebervalshi, moskovshi, teroristt`a jgup`ma, romelix soc`ialistur-revoluc`iur partias mi… read more

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16. Incendies

By: Wajdi Mouawad

4.37

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

Lorsque le notaire Lebel fait aux jumeaux Jeanne et Simon Marwan la lecture du testament de leur mè… read more

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"L'enfance est un couteau planté dans la gorge."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Maintenant que nous sommes ensemble, ça va mieux."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Ce n'est jamais bon signe lorsque la jeunesse s'enfuit."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Every balle que je mets dans le fusil, Is like a poème. And I shoot a poème to the people and it is the précision of my poème qui tue les gens"

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

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17. Phèdre

By: Jean Racine

3.69

Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andromacha Brytanik Berenika Ifigenia Fedra read more

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"Maintenant je me cherche et ne me trouve plus."

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Mes crimes désormais ont comblé la mesure. Je respire à la fois l'inceste et l'imposture"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

"Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?"

-Jean Racine, Phèdre

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18. Les Fourberies de Scapin

By: Molière

3.62

Format: 191 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Les Fourberies de Scapin est une comédie en trois actes en prose. En l'absence de son père, Octa… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
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19. Capital of Pain

By: Paul Éluard , Mary Ann Caws , Patricia Terry

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Capital of Pain, is considered one of the key texts of surrealism. This is the first new translatio… read more

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20. Juste la fin du monde

By: Jean-Luc Lagarce

3.20

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Le fils retourne dans sa famille pour l'informer de sa mort prochaine. Ce sont les retrouvailles av… read more

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21. Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard

By: Pierre de Marivaux

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Pour juger de la qualite du fiance qu'on voudrait lui imposer, Silvia prend la place de Lisette, sa… read more

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22. Les fausses confidences

By: Pierre de Marivaux

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Un valet d'intrigue, Dubois, veut faire la fortune de son ancien maitre ruine, Dorante, en le maria… read more

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23. Rhinocéros

By: Eugène Ionesco , None

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Tous les chats sont mortels. Socrate est mortel. Donc Socrate est un chat." Tout langage stereotyp… read more

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24. La cantatrice chauve, suivi de La leçon

By: Eugène Ionesco

3.91

Format: None pages,

Qu'importe que la cantatrice soit chauve puisqu'elle n'existe pas ! Dans cette petite "anti-piece",… read more

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25. Alcools

By: Guillaume Apollinaire , Donald Revell

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Alcools, first published in 1913 and one of the few indispensable books of twentieth- century poetr… read more

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26. Ruy Blas

By: Victor Hugo

3.54

Format: 271 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more

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27. 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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28. La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu

By: Larousse , Jean Giraudoux

3.50

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Written in 1935, an exploration of the looming threat of World War II, set against the backdrop of … read more

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29. L'île des esclaves

By: Pierre de Marivaux , None

3.17

Format: 90 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Echoués à la suite d’un naufrage sur une île gouvernée par des esclaves fugitifs, une coquette et u… read more

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30. Vers la beauté

By: David Foenkinos

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitte… read more

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31. Le Mariage de Figaro

By: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

3.53

Format: 258 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Forcé de parcourir la route où je suis entré sans le savoir, comme j'en sortirai sans le vouloir, j… read more

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19 best-selling fiction books like The Infernal Machine and Other Plays by E.E. Cummings, Jean Cocteau, Dudley Fitts, Albert Bermel

Transform Your Habits

Antigone

Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Transform Your Habits

L'Écume des jours

Boris Vian

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Un barrage contre le Pacifique

Marguerite Duras

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Hernani

Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

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14 Top fiction books like Phèdre by Jean Racine

Transform Your Habits

Antigone

Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

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Tartuffe

Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page

4.14

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Hernani

Victor Hugo , John J. Janc

4.57

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The Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette

3.00

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