Genre :: France (68 books)

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  #218

  The Wanderer

  by Alain-Fournier

  (2 Reviews)

  92 Points

  "He appeared at our house on a Sunday in November 189...(Davison translation)"

  

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  #220

  Froth on the Daydream

  by Boris Vian

  (2 Reviews)

  91 Points

  "Dans la vie, l'essentiel est de porter sur tout des jugements a priori.Colin finished dressing."

  

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  #232

  The Black Sheep

  by Honoré de Balzac

  (2 Reviews)

  89 Points

  "In the year 1792 the townsfolk of Issoudun were fortunate enough to have a doctor of the name of Rouget, who had the reputation of being an extremely wily man."

  

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  #237

  The Charterhouse of Parma

  by Stendhal

  (2 Reviews)

  88 Points

  "Le 15 mai 1796, le général Bonaparte fit son entrée dans Milan à la tête de cette jeune armée qui venait de passer le pont de Lodi, et d'apprendre au monde qu'après tant de siècles César et..."

  

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  #244

  The Red and the Black

  by Stendhal

  (4 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "La petite ville de Verrières peut passer pour l'une des plus jolies de la Franche-Comté.The small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one of the prettiest in the Franche-Comte."

  

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  #247

  Paroles

  by Jacques Prévert

  (1 Review)

  85 Points

  

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  #249

  Alcools

  by Guillaume Apollinaire

  (1 Review)

  84 Points

  

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  #258

  A Tale of Two Cities

  by Charles Dickens

  (10 Reviews)

  82 Points

  "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of..."

  

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  #260

  Les Misérables

  by Victor Hugo

  (19 Reviews)

  81 Points

  "In the Year 1815 Monseigneur Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne."

  

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  #264

  Old Goriot

  by Honoré de Balzac

  (4 Reviews)

  80 Points

  "Madame Vauquer (nee De Conflans) is an elderly person who for the past forty years has kept a lodging house in the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter..."

  

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