Books from France
Recommended books (66)
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from France.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Verne EN
Description:
Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane’s adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a “manned” flight, one man’s dream t... continue
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La petite bijou by Patrick Modiano FR
Description:
" " Quand j'avais sept ans, on m'appelait la Petite Bijou. " Il a souri. Il trouvait certainement cela charmant et tendre pour une petite fille. Lui aussi, j'en étais sûre, sa maman lui avait donné un surnom qu'elle lui murmurait à l'oreille, le soir, avant de l'embrasser. Patoche. Pinky. Poulou. " Ce n'est pas ce que vous croyez, lui ai-je dit. Moi, c'était mon nom d'artiste. " "
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Le consentement by Vanessa Springora FR
Description:
À treize ans, dans un dîner, V. rencontre G., un écrivain. Omniprésent, passionné, G. parvient à la rassurer : il l'aime et ne lui fera aucun mal. Alors qu'elle vient d'avoir quatorze ans, V. s'offre à lui corps et âme. La désillusion est terrible quand V. comprend que G. collectionne depuis toujours les amours avec des adolescentes, et pratique le tourisme sexuel dans des pays où les mineurs sont vulnérables.
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Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier FR
Description:
The classic French novel written by a soldier, who would later die during World War I, tells the story of Auguste Meaulnes and the "domain mysterieux."
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo EN
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A thrilling tale of narrow escapes, romance in the midst of a revolution, and heroism at Waterloo, this classic forms a parable of a morally empty state that values retribution rather than justice.
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Lie With Me : A Novel by Philippe Besson EN
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The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson—“the French Brokeback Mountain” (Elle)—about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I’m frightened when the wheels slip on the gravel on the dirt road, but the only thing that matters is that I’m holding on to him, that I’m holding on to him out... continue
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert EN
Description:
Emma dreams of sophistication, wealth, and romance, but what she gets is a marriage to Charles Bovary, a provincial, middle-class doctor who is a devoted but boring husband. She tries her hardest to be a loyal and loving wife, even as she grows to resent him more and more for his insufferable dullness. Soon, though, she is seduced by the dashing Rodolphe and gives into her desires. In their affair, Emma believes she has finally found true, passionate love. She borrows money to lavish Rodolphe with expensive gifts, and the neighbors begin to gossip about her indiscretion. When the moneylender c... continue
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Manon des sources by Marcel Pagnol FR
Description:
Après la mort du Bossu, et la vente des Romarins, Manon et sa mère s'installent dans la grotte de Baptistine. Quelques années plus tard, Manon trouve l'occasion de se venger... Pagnol s'est souvent adapté lui-mème, passant aisé- ment du théâtre an cinéma. Ici, il fait le chemin inverse, et adapte un film en roman: Manon des sources (1963), deuxième partie de L'Eau des collines, est la mise en roman du film éponyme. tourné dix ans plus tôt. On en retrouve tous les personnages, et on est émerveillé de voir que les dialogues, qui sont souvent, mot à mot., les mèmes, « s'entendent » aussi bien sur... continue
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Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar EN
Description:
Fictionally portrays the private and public lives of the Roman Emperor from 76 to 138 A.D.
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Nana by Émile Zola EN
Description:
"Nana is probably the most famous character in Les Rougon-Macquart. The novel that bears her name, published in 1880, is the ninth volume in the series. It consists of a number of episodes, or tableaux, in the short but spectacular life of Ana Coupeau, the fourth child of Gervaise Macquart. We first saw her as a young girl in L'Assommoir (1877), her father an abusive alcoholic, her mother Gervaise reduced to a similar degraded state. She works as a milliner's assistant and dabbles in casual street prostitution. She has a child by an unknown father when she is sixteen. Having escaped from the s... continue
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