French Literature

[close] Join me in reading Émile Zola's 'Au Bonheur des Dames' (The Ladies' Delight/The Ladies' Paradise) throughout the month of April! Reading schedule: April 01-08: Chapters 1-4 April 09-15: Chapters 5-8 April 16-22: Chapters 9-12 April 23-30: Chapters 13-15 I you want me to add a discussion thread to discuss other topics around Zola and his work, drop me a DM on Instagram @dancing_lawn

[close] I started this group on idea that I had as a reader. I was constantly finding books in foreign languages that I am/was unable to read. I thought wouldn't it be great if I could ban together translators, authors and publishers together to possibly make English versions available to non-multilingual people? and also, books from other countries like the UK and Australia not available to those in the USA? I'm looking for translators who are dual-lingual, in their native tongue and in English. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, all apply here. My idea is to take the original book, translate it, publish it to Smashwords or somewhere similar, see how it gains an audience to an American publisher may pick it up and publish it, possibly give it a better translation. I'm not sure how all this work, legally, but it's worth taking a shot at! If this takes off, I'd like to start a website, to collaborate with reviewers, other bloggers, authors, publishers and freelance translators. We would work on translations, take requests, communicate with authors and publishers and review said books. if we cannot translate, I'd like to at least spread the knowledge of the books in hopes that they'd picked up by a USA publisher.

[close] Reading Paris is an online bookclub for anyone with an interest in Paris - France. This is a book club for readers. (Authors, publishers, and creators cannot request their titles). A monthly book choice is provided (please note, member suggestions are very welcome !) and our books are always linked in some way to Paris. You may choose to read the current book each month, or choose not to and wait for the next title ! Members are encouraged to join in on any of the book discussions at any time, whether current or our past months' books. Bienvenue et bonne lecture ! :)

[close] This group is for those who are learning french. We can discuss french textbooks, fun french language reads and all books french!!! Also inspiring books about polyglot's because let's face it we all need some motivation. We will strive to read one book a month in french and if able discuss the reads in English and in french. Bienvenue et Lisons-Ensemble