France: 764 books

Extrait : « Un grafitto ! s’écria mentalement le professeur. » Et il prit garde que la tête de ce bonhomme était surmontée de deux cornes et qu’on avait écrit à côté, pour le faire reconnaître : Bergeret. « On le savait...

L’Histoire contemporaine est une tétralogie d'Anatole France. Autour d'un universitaire, c'est une tétralogie satirique de la société française sous la Troisième république, du boulangisme au début du XXe siècle. Extrait : Tous les partis qui se trouvent exclus du gouvernement réclament...

Livre Premier. — ENFANCE     I. L’Histoire Sainte et le Jardin des Plantes      II. Le Marchand de Lunettes      III. Madame Mathias      IV. L’Écrivain public      V. Les Contes de Maman      VI....

Résumé : aîné par la malice du Diable, le saint homme Maël aborde une île des mers hyperboréennes où l'a poussé une tempête de trente jours. Et là, trompé par sa mauvaise vue, le vieil apôtre baptise des pingouins, causant ainsi au Royaume des Cieux une perplexité dont Catherine d'Alexandrie...

Marvin is trapped in a cage by Rebecca and her boyfriend the amateur pornographer. He must find a way to escape or live his life as an eight inch sex toy sharing space in a cage with a rat named Hercules. If he is ever to find Anoushka again, and if he has any hope of returning to normal height, he...

Scritto a settant'anni, dopo un'esistenza spesa nella ricerca di una risposta ai grandi interrogativi posti dalla religione, dall'intelligenza, dalla vita stessa, il romanzo appare come uno di quei libri lungamente meditati che l'autore è, a un certo momento, «costretto» a scrivere. È costruito...

A FEW Frenchmen, united in friendship, who were spending the spring in Rome, were wont to meet amid the ruins of the disinterred Forum. They were Joséphin Leclerc, an Embassy Attaché on leave; M. Goubin, licencié ès lettres, an annotator; Nicole Langelier, of the old Parisian family of the Langeliers,...

"Les Dieux ont soif", roman qui paraît en 1912, met en scène la France au sortir de la Révolution, l'histoire se déroulant de 1793 à 1795. L'auteur articule son intrigue autour des événements historiques qui ont marqué cette période, faisant apparaître certains personnages réels...

With another aching deep dive into human spirituality, Emily France mines her home state of Colorado in a novel of a teen girl's harrowing search for her missing younger sister—and her own search for self. Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Essence McKree feels older than any seventeen-year-old...

Extrait : La majesté de la justice réside tout entière dans chaque sentence rendue par le juge au nom du peuple souverain. Jérôme Crainquebille, marchand ambulant, connut combien la loi est auguste, quand il fut traduit en police correctionnelle pour...

According to Wikipedia: "Anatole France (16 April 1844—12 October 1924), born François-Anatole Thibault,[1] was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered...

It is said that you don't choose your team—your team chooses you. On April 5, 1975 Manchester United Football Club chooses a young football fanatic growing up on England's North West coast. On this day Gary B. France becomes "United." Twenty years later, Gary relocates to the United...

In the aftermath of the Gods-War, Myngor the Dark One, the evil god of hatred and murder, is banished to a small island and stripped of his powers. After 2500 years, his powers are restored, and he immediately sends out his minions to wreak havoc on the temples of his enemies, the Pantheon of the...

MONSIEUR BERGERET was seated at table taking his frugal evening meal. Riquet lay at his feet on a tapestry cushion. Riquet had a religious soul; he rendered divine honours to mankind. He regarded his master as very good and very great. But it was chiefly when he saw him at table that he realized the sovereign greatness and goodness of Monsieur Bergeret.