List :: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde

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  #1

  The Stranger

  by Albert Camus

  (13 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 44

  331 points

  "Mother died today. (Stuart Gilbert translation)Maman died today. (Matthew Ward translation)Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas."

  

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  #2

  In Search of Lost Time

  by Marcel Proust

  (7 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 25

  455 points

  "For a long time, I would go to bed early. [Fr., Longtemps, je me suis couche de bonne heure.]"

  

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  #3

  The Trial

  by Franz Kafka

  (10 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 57

  304 points

  "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses..."

  

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  #4

  The Little Prince

  by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  (24 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 186

  106 points

  "Once when I was six years old I saw a beautiful picture in a book about the primeval forest called "True Stories"."

  

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  #5

  Man's Fate

  by Andre Malraux

  (1 Review)

  Overall Rank: 206

  96 points

  "Should he try to raise the mosquito-netting?"

  

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  #6

  Journey to the End of the Night

  by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

  (4 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 132

  145 points

  

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  #7

  The Grapes of Wrath

  by John Steinbeck

  (35 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 2

  963 points

  "To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth."

  

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  #8

  For Whom the Bell Tolls

  by Ernest Hemingway

  (12 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 46

  322 points

  "He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees."

  

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  #9

  The Wanderer

  by Alain-Fournier

  (2 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 218

  92 points

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

  

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  #10

  Froth on the Daydream

  by Boris Vian

  (2 Reviews)

  Overall Rank: 220

  91 points

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

  

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