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…
Want to Read $ 7.99"Cheer up,' said the captain's son. 'Life is long, and we are young."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
"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
"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education
If you liked the romance plot in Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall, Robert Baldick , here is a list of 12 books like this:
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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- classics
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- 19th century
- france
- french literature
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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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- romance
- roman
- classics
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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. As a Man Grows Older
By: Italo Svevo , James Lasdun
3.49
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the f… read more
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- romance
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- fiction
- novels
"Visto che non gli era permesso di cercare Angiolina, il meglio che gli restava da fare era d'attaccarsi a chi nel suo pensiero era perennemente legato a lei."-Italo Svevo, As a Man Grows Older
"Ma, assorbito da quella musica, il suo grande dolore si coloriva, diveniva ancora più importante, pur facendosi semplice, puro, perché mondate d'ogni avvilimento."-Italo Svevo, As a Man Grows Older
"Egli la vide dinanzi a sé come su un altare, la personificazione del pensiero e del dolore e l'amò sempre, se amore è ammirazione e desiderio. Ella rappresentava tutto quello di nobile ch'egli in que…"-Italo Svevo, As a Man Grows Older
4. 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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- romance
- roman
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
5. 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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- classics
- literature
- 19th century
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- novels
6. Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more
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- roman
- classics
- literature
- 19th century
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- novels
"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
7. 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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- classics
- literature
- 19th century
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. The Well-Beloved
By: Thomas Hardy
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set on the Isle of Slingers, this novel follows the exploits of Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor who fa… read more
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- romance
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- fiction
9. 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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- classics
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- 19th century
- france
- french literature
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- historical fiction
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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- romance
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
11. 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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- romance
- french literature
- literature
"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)
12. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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- roman
- classics
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- novels
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
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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- romance
- roman
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
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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- roman
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
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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
"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. 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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- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"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
16. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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- romance
- classics
- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
17. 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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- roman
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- 19th century
- literature
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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
18. 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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- romance
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- france
- french literature
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- historical fiction
- novels
"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
19. 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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20. 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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- 19th century
- france
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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
21. Un amour de Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1.2)
By: Marcel Proust
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Un amour de Swannest un fragment de A la recherche du temps perdu, la deuxieme partie de Du cote de… read more
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