The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
By: Guy de Maupassant , Sandra Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Parisian civil servant turned protégé of Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant is considered not only one o…
Want to Read $ 9.99"How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
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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
2. The Lottery Ticket
By: Anton Chekhov
3.66
Format: None pages, None
When Ivan Dmitritch's wife, Masha, invests her money in the lottery, he can help but feel it is a f… read more
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"To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible fortune is so sweet, so thrilling!"-Anton Chekhov, The Lottery Ticket
3. Les Fleurs du Mal
By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard
4.20
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more
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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"I am the vampire at my own veins."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
4. Araby
By: James Joyce
3.65
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
A short story from James Joyce's Dubliners. The unnamed protagonist in "Araby" is a boy who is just… read more
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"My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires."-James Joyce, Araby
"What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that evening! I wished to annihilate the tedious intervening days. I chafed against the work of school. At night in my bedroo…"-James Joyce, Araby
5. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
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7. 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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"[...] 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
8. La Vénus d'Ille
By: Prosper Mérimée
3.44
Format: 127 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Un féru d'archéologie est invité à un mariage dans la petite ville d'Ille jusque-là sans histoire, … read more
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9. The Leopard Man's Story and Other Stories
By: Jack London , Andrew Sinclair
2.75
Format: None pages, ebook
The title story is a short mystery story about the ingenious murder of "King" Wallace, a fearless l… read more
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10. The Interlopers (Tale Blazers)
By: Saki
3.63
Format: 6 pages, Paperback
Two men, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, are both in a forested area on the Carpathian Mounta… read more
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11. Manon Lescaut
By: Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles , Leonard Tancock , None
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
"'The sweetness of her glance - or rather, my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to … read more
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12. The Monkey's Paw (Oxford Bookworms)
By: W.W. Jacobs , Diane Mowat
3.37
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were dra… read more
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13. 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
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. 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
16. Le Médecin Malgré Lui
By: Molière , None
3.72
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Le Médecin malgré lui est une comédie-farce en trois actes en prose. Sganarelle, bûcheron alcooliq… read more
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"Soit qu'on fasse bien ou soit qu'on fasse mal, on est toujours payé de même sorte."-Molière, Le Médecin Malgré Lui
"I find that it is the best trade of all; for, whether we manage well or ill, we are paid just the same."-Molière, Le Médecin Malgré Lui
"C'est une chose admirable, que tous les grands hommes ont toujours du caprice, quelque petit grain de folie mêlé à leur science."-Molière, Le Médecin Malgré Lui
"A shoemaker, in making a pair of shoes, cannot spoil a scrap of leather without having to bear the loss; but in our business we may spoil a man without its costing us a farthing. The blunders are nev…"-Molière, Le Médecin Malgré Lui
17. 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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18. The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart, #11)
By: Émile Zola , Brian Nelson
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late… read more
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19. Bouvard and Pecuchet
By: Gustave Flaubert , Raymond Queneau , Αχιλλέας Κυριακίδης , None
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
In his own words, the novel is "a kind of encyclopedia made into farce ... A book in which I shall … read more
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20. The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
3.94
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more
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"But you can’t mean—"-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
21. The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
By: Guy de Maupassant , Sandra Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Parisian civil servant turned protégé of Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant is considered not only one o… read more
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- classic literature
- 19th century
- read for school
- short stories
- france
- french literature
- fiction
"How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"She stayed there, in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, on a chair, without a fire, without a thought."-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
"What do you want?" he then asked her. And with clenched teeth, and trembling with anger, she replied: "I want--I want you to marry me, as you promised." But he only laughed and replied: "Oh! if a man…"-Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times
22. 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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23. La Gloire de mon père
By: Marcel Pagnol
3.94
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Je suis ne dans la ville d'Aubagne, sous le Garlaban couronne de chevres, au temps des derniers che… read more
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24. The Gift of the Magi
By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger
4.11
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more
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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
25. Zadig et autres contes
By: Voltaire
3.80
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
" Je vous offre la traduction d'un livre d'un ancien sage, qui, ayant le bonheur de n'avoir rien à … read more
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"It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one."-Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes
"Ci adoriamo, ma abbiamo paura di amarci; bruciamo ambedue di un fuoco che condanniamo."-Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes
"Foi (de Zoroastro) que as nações herdaram este grande princípio: É preferível arriscar-se a salvar um culpado que condenar um inocente."-Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes
"Le moment où l'on se retrouve, et celui où l'on se sépare, sont les deux plus grandes époques de la vie, comme dit le grand livre du Zend."-Voltaire, Zadig et autres contes
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. L'École des Femmes
By: Molière
3.62
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
L’École des femmes est une comédie en cinq actes et en vers. La comédie de Molière L'École des … read more
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28. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
29. Le Malade imaginaire
By: Molière
3.63
Format: 255 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Le Malade imaginaire est la dernière comédie et en même temps la dernière pièce écrite par Molière.… read more
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"La musique est accoutumée à ne point faire ce qu'on veut."-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire
"Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies."-Molière, Le Malade imaginaire
30. The Scarlet Ibis
By: Philippe Dumas , James Hurst
3.84
Format: 36 pages, Library Binding
Our narrator, a grown man, tells us about his memories of Doodle, his younger brother. We jump into… read more
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"Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!"-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis
"All of us must have something or someone to be proud of."-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis
"Oh yes you can, Doodle,' I said. 'All you got to do is try."-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis
"There is within me a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction ..."-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis
31. Cendrillon
By: Joël Pommerat
3.14
Format: 162 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A peine sortie de l'enfance, une toute jeune fille s'est tenue au chevet de sa mère gravement malad… read more
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