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…
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1. Cousin Pons
By: Honoré de Balzac , Herbert J. Hunt
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Mild, harmless and ugly to behold, the impoverished Pons is an ageing musician whose brief fame has… read more
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2. The Opposing Shore
By: Julien Gracq
4.01
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is thr… read more
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"[Original text in French] Giovanni n'avait pas menti. Sagra était une merveille baroque, une collision improbable et inquiétante de la nature et de l'art. [My translation to English] Giovanni hadn't …"-Julien Gracq, The Opposing Shore
3. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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4. The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
By: Jan Potocki , Ian Maclean
4.10
Format: 631 pages, Paperback
¶ Originally published in Polish [as Rękopis Znaleziony w Saragossie, 1847], later translated into … read more
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"I study theology in the works of creation and find in it new reasons for adoring the creator."-Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
"Thought assists memory in enabling it to order the material it has assembled. So that in a systematically ordered memory every idea is individually followed by all conclusions it entails."-Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
"It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day. The natural philosopher walks amid enigmas, always…"-Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
"Nature is infinitely rich and diverse in her ways. She can be seen to break her most unchanging laws. She has made self-interest the motive of all human action, but in the great host of men she produ…"-Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
5. Oriental Tales
By: Alberto Manguel , Marguerite Yourcenar
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
This collection includes: How Wang-fo was Saved, Marko's Smile, The Milk of Death, The Last Love of… read more
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6. 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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7. Là-Bas
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , None
3.73
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in … read more
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8. Gargantua
By: Andrew Brown , François Rabelais , Paul Bailey
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a companion volume to Pantagruel, this new edition of Gargantuacontinues Rabelais' acclaimed fan… read more
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9. Eugénie Grandet
By: Honoré de Balzac , Sylvia Raphael , Christopher Prendergast
3.79
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?" This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabi… read more
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"Misery begets equality."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"[...] ironia este însușirea fundamentală a providenței"-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"Bilgisi arttıktan sonra, erdem de günah kadar hesap yapar."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
"این نقطه اشتراک زن ها و فرشته هاست. رنج بشریت مال آن هاست."-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet
10. Cousin Bette
By: Honoré de Balzac , Francine Prose , Kathleen Raine
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially s… read more
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11. Bérénice
By: Jean Racine
4.12
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Berenice, au centre de l'oeuvre de son auteur, en 1670, est une piece singuliere dans la production… read more
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12. 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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13. L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)
By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir(1877) is the story of a woman's struggl… read more
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14. L’Établi
By: Robert Linhart
4.17
Format: 78 pages,
L'Etabli, ce titre designe d'abord les quelques centaines de militants intellectuels qui, a partir … read more
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- france
15. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
16. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
By: Edward Gibbon , Daniel J. Boorstin , None , Hans-Friedrich Mueller
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. … read more
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17. 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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"Morālās ciešanas, kas pārspēj fiziskās, allaž izraisa mazāku žēlumu, jo cilvēka acij nav saskatāmas."-Honoré de Balzac, Le Colonel Chabert
18. 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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19. Germinal (Les Rougon-Macquart, #13)
By: Émile Zola , Roger Pearson
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at … read more
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20. 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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"Mutluluğu uzaklarda aramaya kalkmanın ne anlamı var, işte burada, elimin altında!"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"Hay que confesar que había días en que la condesa no dirigía la palabra a nadie; era vista paseando bajo los altos castaños, hundida en sombríos ensueños; era demasiado inteligente para no sentir a v…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"Men siden året 1635, da Milano-provinsen ble underlagt spanjolene, disse tause, mistenksomme, hovmodige herrer som alltid fryktet opprør, hadde livsgleden vært borte. Folk tok etter herskernes livsfo…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"El lejano sonido de la campana de un pueblecito escondido bajo los árboles conmueve nuestra imaginación. Estos sones que las aguas transportan dulcificándolos adquieren un tinte de dulce melancolía y…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
21. Resurrection
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude
4.00
Format: None pages,
Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy's major novels. It tells the story of a nobleman's attem… read more
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22. Pantagruel
By: François Rabelais
4.33
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Francois Rabelais holds a unique place in the history of world literature, and no more so than for … read more
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24. 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
"One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death."-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
"Then she added, no doubt in answer to her own thoughts: 'You see, life is never as good or as bad as one thinks.' "-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
"Human nature itself seemed to her obscene, when she thought of all the filthy secrets of sensuality, the degrading caresses, all the mysterious connexions that cannot be broken off, at which she gues…"-Guy de Maupassant, Une vie
25. 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
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"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
26. Nana
By: Émile Zola
3.84
Format: 473 pages, Paperback
Wenn die üppige blonde Nana auf der Bühne des Pariser Varietétheaters steht, spürt jeder: sie hat k… read more
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"The more grievous the sin, the greater the repentance, God was bidding His time."-Émile Zola, Nana
"A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground."-Émile Zola, Nana
"Kalau kau sendiri tidak senang melakukan sesuatu, itu bukan alasan untuk mencegah orang lain menyukainya."-Émile Zola, Nana
"The passion for defiling things was inborn in her. It was not enough for her to destroy them, she had to soil them too."-Émile Zola, Nana
27. La Curée (Les Rougon-Macquart, #2)
By: Émile Zola
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A la fin d'une chasse, pendant la curee, les chiens devorent les entrailles de la bete tuee. Pour l… read more
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28. 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
"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"The only certainty is death."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
29. 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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30. 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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"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
31. 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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"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
