The Masterpiece (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14)
By: Émile Zola , Roger Pearson
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The Masterpieceis the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who ha…
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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
"Taisez-vous, sotte et impertinente créature ; vos phrases de roman nous ennuient."-George Sand, Indiana
"Ce n'est pas la première fois que je remarque combien, en France particulièrement, les mots ont plus d’empire que les idées." ("It's not the first time I've noticed how much more power words have tha…"-George Sand, Indiana
"A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will…"-George Sand, Indiana
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
"La première fois qu'Aurélien vit Bérénice, il la trouva franchement laide. Elle lui déplut, enfin. Il n'aima pas comment elle était habillée."-Louis Aragon, Aurélien
"Il avait plu le matin de bonne heure, mais Dieu merci il faisait presque beau depuis neuf heures, c'est-à-dire qu'il faisait ignoble mais qu'on ne pataugeait pas."-Louis Aragon, Aurélien
3. Les Contemplations
By: Victor Hugo
3.96
Format: 471 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hugo écrit Les Contemplations en 1856 alors qu'il vit un exil politique (thème qu'il abordera dans … read more
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"Et mon cœur est soumis, mais n’est pas résigné."-Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations
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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5. Le Blé en herbe
By: Colette Gauthier-Villars , None
3.44
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Son ami plongea brusquement, saisit un pied de Vinca et la tira sous la vague. Ils burent ensemble… read more
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"Philippe did not know how to express such a thought as: 'All too few are the occasions in life when, with mind content, eyes surfeited with beauty, heart light, retentive, and almost empty, there com…"-Colette Gauthier-Villars, Le Blé en herbe
"Those late August mornings smelt of autumn from day-break till the hour when the sun-baked earth allowed the cool sea breezes to drive back the then less heavy aroma of threshed wheat, open furrows, …"-Colette Gauthier-Villars, Le Blé en herbe
6. The Counterfeiters
By: André Gide
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1925, this book became known for the frank sexuality of its contents and it… read more
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7. The Unknown Masterpiece
By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more
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8. Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu
By: Honoré de Balzac
4.00
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
A Paris, au debut du XVIIe siecle, trois peintres devisent de leur art. L'un est un jeune inconnu, … read more
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9. The Vice Consul
By: Marguerite Duras , Eileen Ellenbogen
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
The Vice-Consul is a bleak, enigmatic novel. Set in the steamy monsoon heat of Calcutta, it brings … read more
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10. The Masterpiece (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14)
By: Émile Zola , Roger Pearson
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The Masterpieceis the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who ha… read more
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11. Chéri
By: Colette Gauthier-Villars
4.36
Format: 512 pages,
Lea de Lonval is an aging courtesan, a once famous beauty facing the end of her sexual career. She … 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)
"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)
13. 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
14. Vipère au poing
By: Hervé Bazin
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Vipere au poing, c'est le combat impitoyable livre par Jean Rezeau dit Brasse-Bouillon, et ses frer… read more
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15. 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
"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"...I'm going to write a little novel entitled 'The History of the Idea of Justice' and won't it be funny!"-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
16. The Misanthrope
By: Molière
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Misanthropeor Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureuxis a comedy of manners in five acts and i… read more
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17. 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
18. Cinna
By: Pierre Corneille
4.54
Format: 253 pages,
Tragedie sur la grace. Corneille se demande comment on peut mettre fin a la spirale de la violence.… read more
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19. Manette Salomon
By: Edmond de Goncourt , Jules de Goncourt
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
"I received both volumes at eleven o'clock this morning and I've just finished them. In other words… read more
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20. 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
21. Contes
By: Denis Diderot
3.42
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
« Il parsèmera son récit de petites circonstances si liées à la chose, de traits si simples, si nat… read more
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