Classic French Literature
Valjean and Javert across revolutionary Paris, Emma Bovary in her provincial rooms, Julien Sorel climbing, the Count of Monte Cristo returning from the Château d'If. French literature in public-domain English translation — character avatars for casts that rival the Russians for density, and click-to-explain for the Parisian slang and Napoleonic-era politics that translations carry through untouched.
69 books
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Candide by Voltaire
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc
Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
813 by Maurice Leblanc
The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
Tartuffe by Molière
Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre
The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert
Memoirs of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
The Indiscreet Jewels by Denis Diderot
Germinal by Émile Zola
The Golden Triangle by Maurice Leblanc
Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc
The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc
The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc
Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac
Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland
Clerambault by Romain Rolland
The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck
The Jealousies of a Country Town by Honoré de Balzac
Là-Bas by J.-K. Huysmans
Against the Grain by J.-K. Huysmans
Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
The Lerouge Case by Émile Gaboriau
The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau
The Celibates by Honoré de Balzac
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac
His Masterpiece by Émile Zola
Parisians in the Country by Honoré de Balzac
Penguin Island by Anatole France
A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac
Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant
Mauprat by George Sand
The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau
Béatrix by Honoré de Balzac
Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac
Lais by Marie de France
Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage
The Secret Tomb by Maurice Leblanc
Monsieur Lecoq by Émile Gaboriau
Germinie Lacerteux by Edmond de Goncourt
A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac
A Marriage Settlement by Honoré de Balzac
Ursule Mirouët by Honoré de Balzac
File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau
Calvary by Octave Mirbeau
Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac
Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac
The Devil’s Pool by George Sand
A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac
