Les Huit Coups de L'Horloge (Arsene Lupin, #11) (Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Cambrioleur, #11)
by Maurice Leblanc
Eugénie Grandet (Scenes de la Vie de Province, #2) (Petits Classiques Larousse Texte Integral, #88)
by Honore de Balzac
Depicting the fatal clash between material desires and the liberating power of human passions, Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet is translated with an introduction by M.A. Crawford in Penguin Classics. In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he will let no one near them. But when the arri...
A Discourse upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality among Mankind
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Oeuvres de Condorcet. Tome 1 (Ed.1847-1849) (Litterature)
by de Condorcet J a N
Spanish and French Rivalry in the Gulf Region of the United States, 1678-1702
by William Edward Dunn
Observations Sur Les Savans Incredules (1762)
by Jacques Francois De Luc
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpiec...
La Veuve, suivi de, Illusion comique (Pierre Corneille)
by Pierre Corneille
Hernani (Moliere & Co. French Classics, #1) (Litterature)
by Victor Hugo
From Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America to the moveable feasts of the Lost Generation, France and the United States have long shared a special relationship, defined as much by romantic fascination as occasional incomprehension. Franc ois Busnel, host of the acclaimed literary talk show La Grande Librairie, seeks to bridge this gap with America, a journal of literature and politics conceived in the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump, now available to English readers for the first...
Le Cymbalum Mundi Precede Des Nouvelles Recreations Et Joyeux Devis, Part 1-2 (1858)
by Paul LaCroix Jacob
Complete Works of Voltaire 63A (VA, #59) (Complete Works of Voltaire, #83)
by Voltaire
In 1767, Voltaire turned 73 and, despite precarious health, continued to write, publish and edit an astounding catalogue of works, leading to four volumes of the OEuvres completes de Voltaire being dedicated to his output from this time. This volume contains the historical burlesque poem "La Guerre civile de Geneve", dialogues on Marmontel's "Belisaire", which had recently swept Paris with controversy over questions of tolerance and pagan salvation, a debate which Voltaire happily entered furthe...
The French Revolution Tested By Mirabeau's Career V2
by Hermann Eduard Von Holst
