European Literature

European literature refers to the literature of Europe. European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech, Russian, Bosnian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Irish.

Important classical and medieval traditions are those in Latin, Old and Middle English, Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Medieval French and Medieval Italian.

In colloquial speech, European literature is often used as a synonym for Western literature.

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Time Shelter
La felicità del lupo
Premier sang
The Secrets We Left Behind
El vals de la bruja (El vals de la bruja, #1)
Lok lok og læs (Karólína, Týr & Iðunn #1)
Meter i sekundet
The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz
The Trouble with Happiness: And Other Stories
Zbędni
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
Pintaremontti
Héritage
Tritonus
Tuhkaan piirretty maa
A Story of Yesterday
The Metamorphosis
The Stranger
The Little Prince
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Trial
Pride and Prejudice
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Siddhartha
Animal Farm
1984
Jane Eyre
Crime and Punishment
Wuthering Heights
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Memorial do Convento by José Saramago
EFPT Book Recommendation
1 book — 1 voter
New Science by Giambattista VicoBernini by Franco MormandoBernini's Beloved by Sarah McPheeThe Contest for Knowledge by Maria Gaetana AgnesiBernini by Howard Hibbard
Early Modern Italy (1600-1800)
50 books — 3 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftThe Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth GaskellThe Subjection of Women by John Stuart MillThe Autobiography of Margaret Sanger by Margaret Sanger
Early Feminists
187 books — 78 voters
Po trochu by Weronika GogolaWniebogłos by Aleksandra TarnowskaStrużki by Maria HalberKości, które nosisz w kieszeni by Łukasz BarysRozdeptałem czarnego kota przez przypadek by Filip Zawada
New Polish Literature
79 books — 2 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathA Writer's Diary by Virginia WoolfA Writer's Diary 1873-1881 by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6 by Anaïs Nin
Writers Journals and Diaries
75 books — 14 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellBurmese Days by George OrwellKeep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Best of George Orwell
83 books — 26 voters


Jason Mott
Dylan leans in real slow. "I told you Europeans were different," he whispers.      "No foolin'."      The rest of the event goes about the same. The Italians come at me on after the other, leaving the softball questions at home. Nothing but the fastballs coming fast, hard, and inside. "How does your book fit into the neo-postmodern landscape?" one of them asks.      Three rows back," I say, giving another patented chuckle.      "Are you a Hegelian?" another asks.      "Only with the ladies," I a ...more
Jason Mott, People Like Us

Pedro Chagas Freitas
E così fu. Tutti i giorni, nel tardo pomeriggio, un furgone della casa editrice si fermava davanti alla loro porta e lasciava lì quattro libri, a volte di più, e così trascorrevano le serate, lei a leggere e lui a vederla leggere, tutto il mondo e tutto lo sforzo acquistavano senso per sempre.
Pedro Chagas Freitas, Prometo Falhar

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