French Fiction
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The Count Of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, often considered one of Dumas' most popular works alongside The Three Musketeers. The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France. It tells an incredible story of vengeance, following the journey of a wrongfully imprisoned man.
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns.
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo
Considered one of the
greatest novels of the 19th century, Les Miserables (translated variously from
French as The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) is
a French historical novel by Victor Hugo. The story follows the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean from 1815 through the 1832 Rebellion in Paris. Les Miserables' beloved story of redemption encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice. The epic novel is divided in
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greatest novels of the 19th century, Les Miserables (translated variously from
French as The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) is
a French historical novel by Victor Hugo. The story follows the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean from 1815 through the 1832 Rebellion in Paris. Les Miserables' beloved story of redemption encourages compassion and hope in the face of adversity and injustice. The epic novel is divided in
five volumes,... Read more about this item
Candide
by Voltaire
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his tutor, Pangloss.
Swann's Way
by Marcel Proust
Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest,most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation. Each volume is translated by a different, superb...
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Nana
by Emile Zola
A neuf heures, la salle du theatre des Varietes etait encore vide. Quelques personnes, au balcon et a l'orchestre, attendaient, perdues parmi les fauteuils de velours grenat, dans le petit jour du lustre a demi-feux. Une ombre noyait la grande tache rouge du rideau; et pas un bruit ne venait de la scene, la rampe eteinte, les pupitres des musiciens debandes. En haut seulement, a la troisieme galerie, autour de la rotonde du plafond ou des femmes et des enfants nus prenaient leur volee dans un ciel verdi...
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Remembrance Of Things Past
by Marcel Proust
Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest,most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation. Each volume is translated by a different, superb...
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Notre-Dame De Paris
by Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo’s famous French Gothic novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (also called The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), was originally published in 1831. It is set in Paris during the 15th century. It follows Quasimodo, a disabled bell-ringer, on his quest for love from the beautiful dancer, Esmerelda. The first edition, titled Notre-Dame de Paris, was written in French and published by Gosselin on the 16th of March, 1831, in Paris, France. Since then, the novel has been through numerous editions and has been...
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Germinal
by Emile Zola
The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity's capacity for compassion and hope.Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill, hungry, and in debt, unable to feed and clothe their families. When...
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Mademoiselle De Maupin
by Theophile Gautier
An influential novelist's shocking tale of sexual deception draws readers into the bedrooms and boudoirs of a French château in a compelling exploration of desire and sexual intrigue.
Bonjour Tristesse
by Francoise Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse (in English, Hello Sadness) is a novel by Françoise Sagan. Published in 1954, when the author was only eighteen, it caused an overnight sensation. The title is derived from a poem by Paul Éluard, "À peine défigurée," which begins with the lines "Adieu tristesse/ Bonjour tristesse... " The 1958 film Bonjour Tristesse featured Geoffrey Horne, Deborah Kerr, Jean Seberg and David Niven as the lead actors. The music was composed by Georges Auric.
Jean Christophe
by Romain Rolland
Jean-Christophe is a novel sequence, written in the "bildungsroman" fashion, in ten volumes by Romain Rolland published between 1904 and 1912, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes are sometimes grouped as Jean-Christophe, the next three as Jean-Christophe à Paris, and the last three as La fin du voyage ("Journey's End").
Bel-Ami
by Guy De Maupassant
Bel Ami, published in 1885, is French author Guy de Maupassant's second novel. It is the story of journalist Georges Duroy.
A Woman's Life
by Guy De Maupassant
Jeanne, ayant fini ses malles, s'approcha de la fenetre, mais la pluie ne cessait pas. L'averse, toute la nuit, avait sonne contre les carreaux et les toits. Le ciel bas et charge d'eau semblait creve, se vidant sur la terre, la delayant en bouillie, la fondant comme du sucre. Des rafales passaient pleines d'une chaleur lourde. Le ronflement des ruisseaux debordes emplissait les rues desertes ou les maisons, comme des eponges, buvaient l'humidite qui penetrait au-dedans et faisait suer les murs de la...
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French Fiction Books & Ephemera
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Promocion y ediciones, 1992. Aceptable. ISBN: 8474612543. coleccion Grandes genios de la literatura, volumen 28, edicion 1992, 351 paginas, tapa dura sin sobrecubierta, buen estado
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€12.00
Tartarin of Tarascon
by Alphonse Daudet
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1895. First edition thus. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full ornately gilt-stamped cloth. 16 cm. 240 pages. Beautiful gilt-stamped floral end pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. In good condition. Previous owner's name/date written on a front blank page. The front free end page has been removed. Hinges cracked but holding firmly to the book block. Moderate edge wear/tear, rubbing, soiling to the covers.
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$25.00
Nana
by Emile Zola
New York: The Modern Library, 1928. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Bound in brown flexible leatherette-gilt covers. 17 cm. xii, 243 pages. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. In very good condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight. Interior pages toned at their extremities. Moderate edge wear/tear/bumping to the covers. Uncommon.
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$75.00
Lettres de mon moulin
by Daudet Alphonse (1840-1897)
Société Nouvelle des éditions G. P. à Paris, Collection "Super",1957, in 8 (20,5 x 15 cm), 255 pages. Illustrations en noir et en couleurs dans le texte et en pleine page dont frontispice par G. de Saint-Croix. Reliure cartonnage éditeur en toile mauve, premier plat orné d'un moulin noir et blanc, dos avec titre doré. +++++++ Edition moderne illustrée de ce célèbre recueil de contes d'Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)...
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€11.00
A Masculine Ending
by Smith, Joan
London: Faber & Faber. Appears to be an unread copy. . Fine. Soft cover. 1990.
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£2.95
Trois Chambres a Manhattan
by Simenon, Georges
Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard. No inscriptions, no particular faults to record for the book except some natural ageing of the pages. The dust jacket has minor wear at the extremities, now with a removeable, clear cover. Text in French. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1954.
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£14.95
The Wonders of France
by François Cali; René Huyghe (intro); Margaret Shenfield (trans); Francois Cali; Rene Huyghe (intro)
New York: Viking/Studio, 1961. Hardcover. Good+ book / no jacket. Gift inscription penciled to first page. Pages tanned, text unmarked. Discoloration to edge of front cover. Binding sound. Not from a library. 316 pages. 191 B&W plates, 5 maps. Large, heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.
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$19.95
Nana
by Zola, Emile
N Y: Modern Library, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 545 pages. Full green cloth boards. Attractive small format: 4 3/4""w x 7 1/2""h. Modern Library #142. Rockwell Kent torch bearer design on endpapers and embossed on cover. No date listed, circa 1950.
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$11.72
Candide
by Voltaire
Boni and Liveright, 1918. Unknown Binding. Book Condition: Good.No DJ. A softcover copy with a navy blue cloth cover. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean but yellowed. Corners are bumped. No dust jacket. Previous owners name and writing on blank and title pages. Text is clean and unmarked. Great classic for your class. ABEEE
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$15.00
MADAME BOVARY
by Gustave Flaubert
From the International Collectors Library, this is a mint-condition luxury edition copy of Madame Bovary, the classic novel by the French author Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880).The book, about an unhappy woman who lives beyond her means and has an affair, scandalized society when it was published in 1956, but is now considered to be one of the most influential literary works in history.This copy was published in 1949 and appears to have never been read.Brown/red boards with a gold design. Illustrated. Silk...
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CA$40.00
MADAME BOVARY
by Flaubert, Gustave
NY: Pocket Book, 1943. 1st printing, Sept./Oct. 1943; #240. Cover art by John Allan Maxwell. Creasing; edgewear; short tear at spine head; spine glue mend; ffep page is 1/2" short of text edge.. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-.
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$3.25
Madame Bovary
by Flaubert, Gustave
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1978], 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [4], i-viii, [2], 348 pp. Bound in navy leather with gilt flowers decorating the boards and the spine; all edges gilt. Light brown decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud, with full-page wood engravings by Theo Schmied.Translated by J. Lewis May, with an introduction by Jacques de Lacretelle. A small sticker ghost on the verso of the free front endpaper, else Fine.
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$50.00
Le Filon de Gerard
by Andre Laurie
Handcover, no date stated. Cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped, scuffed and frayed. Gilt edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard (guard is lifting away from the plate), several other plates throughout the book. Binding is very loose with pages pulling away from the front guard. Back cover detached from the book block. Could be repaired with TLC. Previous owner name on front endpaper, bookseller label also on front endpaper (see photo). Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small...
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$32.00
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Dumas, Alexandre
Bantam Books, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$7.09
L'Ame Obscure
by Daniel - Rops
Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard. Acheve d'imprimer dans les ateliers de l'Imprimerie Berger-Levrault, le 25 avril 1954 pour le Livre de Demain. No inscriptions, no particular faults to record for the book. The dust jacket has tears at the hinges and wear at the extremities, now protected. Text in French. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1954.
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£7.95
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Orbis Fabri, 1990. Aceptable. ISBN: 8440210531. edicion 1990, 411 paginas, tapa dura
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€17.00
Les Paysans IV L'Ete
by Reymont, Ladislas
Paris: Payot. 1927 on the spine of the book. (1-7), 8 - 389pp. Neat ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, also some residual glue appearing to result from the original opening of the cover. No creasing. Text in French. "Premier tirage juillet 1926" stated on the verso of the title page. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1927.
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£12.95
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Planeta, 1984. Aceptable. coleccion GRANDES NOVELAS DE AMOR DE LA LITERATURA UNIVESAL num ero 06, primera edicion marzo 1984, 412 paginas, tapa dura sinmil piel, en buen estado
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€10.00
Catherine Paris
by Bibesco, Princesse
Paris: Bernard Grasset. Collection Pourpre. Some natural ageing of the paper. Minor wear only, no inscriptions. The dust jacket has minor wear at the extremities, now protected. Text in French. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1953.
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£9.95
Les Misérables: Abridged And Edited With Introduction And Notes (Classic Reprint)
by Hugo, Victor
Paperback. Like New.
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£20.39
