The Belly of Paris (Les Rougon-Macquart, #3)
By: Émile Zola , Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Parisis the story of Flor…
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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
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2. Aurélien
By: Louis Aragon
4.30
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Dans cette chronique parisienne de l'entre-deux guerres, Aragon décrit la toute nouvelle société su… read more
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"Aurélien, cette nuit, s'approuve. Tout lui devient logique, signe de son amour."-Louis Aragon, Aurélien
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3. Typhoon
By: Joseph Conrad
3.64
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
Captain MacWhirr cannot fathom anything outside the facts of his own life. His first mate, Mr. Juke… read more
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"Fu qualcosa di formidabile e di subitaneo, come l'improvviso rompersi di un vaso colmo d'ira."-Joseph Conrad, Typhoon
"The only secret of her life was her abject terror of the time when her husband would come home to stay for good."-Joseph Conrad, Typhoon
"He was a corpulent man, with a gift for sly chaffing, which to the end of his life he exercised in his intercourse with his son, a little pityingly, as if upon a half-witted person."-Joseph Conrad, Typhoon
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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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6. Le château de ma mère (Souvenirs d'enfance, #2)
By: Marcel Pagnol
4.83
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Cette histoire est vraie, mais elle s'est passee il y a bien longtemps, quand vos grands-parents et… read more
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7. The Belly of Paris (Les Rougon-Macquart, #3)
By: Émile Zola , Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Parisis the story of Flor… read more
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8. Gunnar's Daughter
By: Sigrid Undset , Sherrill Harbison , Arthur G. Chater
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in Norway and Iceland at the beginning of the eleventh century, this is the story of the beauti… read more
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9. Salammbô
By: Gustave Flaubert , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.71
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the day… read more
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10. The Charterhouse of Parma
By: Robert Andrew Parker , Richard Howard , Stendhal , Arthur Schurig
3.79
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about t… read more
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11. 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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12. 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)
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"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)
13. 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
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14. Une vie
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.86
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Jeanne, ayant fini ses malles, s'approcha de la fenêtre, mais la pluie ne cessait pas. L'averse, t… read more
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"After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think."-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
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"As her figure coarsened, her soul became ever more romantic, and when her corpulence riveted her to her chair, her imagination continued to wander through tender adventures, of which she was the hero…"-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
15. Bel-Ami
By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more
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"In fact living is dying."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
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"In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
16. A Harlot High and Low
By: Honoré de Balzac , Rayner Heppenstall
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the he… read more
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17. Le Temps Des Secrets (Souvenirs d'enfance, #3)
By: Marcel Pagnol
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Les vacances a La Treille se poursuivent. mais ne se ressemblent plus : Lili doit travailler aux ch… read more
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18. The Diary of a Chambermaid
By: John Baxter , Octave Mirbeau
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
"I am no saint; I have known many men, and I know, by experience, all the madness, all the vileness… read more
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19. Monique s'évade
By: Édouard Louis
4.20
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Une nuit, j’ai reçu un appel de ma mère. Elle pleurait. Elle me disait au téléphone que l’homme ave… read more
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20. La défaite de l'Occident
By: Emmanuel Todd
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
L’implosion de l’URSS a remis l’histoire en mouvement. Elle avait plongé la Russie dans une crise v… read more
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21. Fort comme la mort
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.76
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Olivier Bertin is at the height of his career as a painter. After making his name with his Cleopatr… read more
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