French Literature

French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, etc. is referred to as Francophone literature. As of 2006, French writers have been awarded more Nobel Prizes in Literature than novelists, poets and essayists of any other country. France itself ranks first in the list of Nobel Prizes in ...more

La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
My Husband
Tata
Trois
Como bestias
Small Boat
Mona's Eyes
The Man Who Read Books
Los reyes de la casa
Veiller sur elle
What I Know About You
Kolkhoze
Le Mage du Kremlin
Jacaranda
Changer : Méthode
The Stranger
The Little Prince
Madame Bovary
Les Misérables
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Plague
Candide
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Three Musketeers
The Red and the Black
Nausea
Père Goriot
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
The Fall (Vintage International)
The Phantom of the Opera
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottIt by Stephen  KingGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Big Fat Reads Worth The Effort 2.0
46 books — 76 voters
Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-PontyMatter and Memory by Henri BergsonMythologies by Roland BarthesThe Imaginary by Jean-Paul SartreWe Have Only This Life to Live by Jean-Paul Sartre
Phun Phrench Filosophy Translations
107 books — 5 voters

Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryEugénie Grandet by Honoré de BalzacThe Fall by Albert CamusL'Étranger by Albert Camus
French Literature
51 books — 9 voters
The Almsbag by Peter BogePandemic by Dieter GartelmannRulers of Evil by F. Tupper SaussyInferno by Dante AlighieriThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Archives of Power
22 books — 2 voters

Papillon by Henri CharrièreMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Red Collar by Jean-Christophe RufinLe Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre DumasBonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Authors Born in France
9 books — 3 voters
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise SaganThe Lover by Marguerite DurasLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandAucassin and Nicolete by Anonymous
French Literature On Love
24 books — 7 voters


Stendhal
Si Julián hubiera empleado en examinar lo que pasaba en el salón el tiempo que ponía en exagerar la belleza de Matilde o en apasionarse pensando en la altivez natural de su familia, a la que ella olvidaba por él, hubiera comprendido en qué consistía su poder sobre todo el que la rodeaba. - Capítulo XI
Stendhal, The Red and the Black

Sylvie  Lainé
Sur le siège˚, il a oublié˚ son petit manteau˚ noir. Louis prend le manteau et appelle : « Monsieur ! Vous avez oublié votre menton˚ ! le siège: seat oublier: to forget le manteau: coat le menton: chin
Sylvie Lainé, Voyage en France, a Short Novel in Easy French: With Glossaries throughout the Text

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