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Le Grand Meaulnes

Alain-Fournier

Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who was killed in the first month of World War I. The novel, published in 1913, a year before the author's death, is somewhat biogr..

The Dominant Dollar

Will Lillibridge

The Dominant Dollar is a novel written by Will Lillibridge. It was already late of a rainy May evening, the room was getting dim, and silently Armstrong turned on the electric light. Followi..

The Halo

Bettina Von Hutten

The Halo is a novel written by Bettina Von Hutten, Lady Bridgit, , also known as Betsey Riddle, and later as Baroness von Hutten, was an American-born novelist, specializing in historical fiction..

Candide, ou, L'optimisme

Voltaire

Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide:..

Adolphe - Anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu

Benjamin Constant

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss-French political activist and writer on politics and religion. He was the author of a partly biographical psychological no..

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Joseph Bédier

Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance story, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century. The story is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knig..

The House by the Church-Yard

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The House by the Churchyard is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its own merits, the novel is important as a key source for J..

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Jules Verne

Join three intrepid explorers as they seek to cross and explore the continent of Africa from Indian Ocean to Atlantic Ocean, except they’re doing it by hot air balloon. Scholar and scientist Samuel Fe..