Books tagged with 'french': 15
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Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)by...Alexandre Dumas average rating...5.0 / 5tags...fiction french pleasure shelved by...guardedeyes viewable entries...none |
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The Three Musketeers (Oxford World's Classics)by...Alexandre Dumas, David Coward average rating...3.8 / 5tags...classics fiction france french musketeers pleasure richelieu shelved by...elspeth97 guardedeyes kdreichert06 kkreitler theduckthief viewable entries...2 |
'Quotes from the Book'
entry by...kdreichert06 updated...Jan 01, '07 spoilers...n/a
"Life is a series of mishaps." -Athos
"People ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it." -Athos
"People ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it." -Athos
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Waiting for Godotby... average rating...nonetags...drama french shelved by...guardedeyes viewable entries...none |
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Hunting and Gatheringby...Anna Gavalda average rating...4.0 / 5tags...french humour quirky shelved by...bookgirl76 viewable entries...none |
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The Plague (Penguin Modern Classics)by...Albert Camus, Robin Buss average rating...5.0 / 5tags...fiction french shelved by...miserablizm telka the_denton_affair viewable entries...2 |
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entry by...the_denton_affair updated...Jun 30, '07 spoilers...major
This book and I have a long and sordid history. This was my third attempt at reading it; the first two, for reasons I found even at the time of abandonment to be completely inexplicable, I could not continue past a certain point. Having completed it, I think the issue was that I hadn't grown to love the characters or care about the story yet ... it is true that it takes some time for that to happen. But when it does, it's massive. I love Tarrou and Rieux fiercely. Grand delights me. I even care about Cottard.
But most of all I love Camus. I love the man who weaves philosophy into literature and creates something that is as intensely urgent now as it was after the Second World War. I love the man who expresses my opinions more completely than I ever found them to be in my mind, and taught me something about myself and those around me, and maintains in spite of everything the belief that men are more often admirable than disgusting: I need to be told that. I do not always agree with him; I think his treatment of Father Paneloux was distinctly Amber Spyglass, and that it undermined his entire ethos: his death was far more the needless destruction of a valuable creature than a triumph over religion. But we can discuss that later when I die and go to the great library in the sky.
But most of all I love Camus. I love the man who weaves philosophy into literature and creates something that is as intensely urgent now as it was after the Second World War. I love the man who expresses my opinions more completely than I ever found them to be in my mind, and taught me something about myself and those around me, and maintains in spite of everything the belief that men are more often admirable than disgusting: I need to be told that. I do not always agree with him; I think his treatment of Father Paneloux was distinctly Amber Spyglass, and that it undermined his entire ethos: his death was far more the needless destruction of a valuable creature than a triumph over religion. But we can discuss that later when I die and go to the great library in the sky.
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entry by...miserablizm updated...Apr 07, '08 spoilers...major
This book and I have a long and sordid history. This was my third attempt at reading it; the first two, for reasons I found even at the time of abandonment to be completely inexplicable, I could not continue past a certain point. Having completed it, I think the issue was that I hadn't grown to love the characters or care about the story yet ... it is true that it takes some time for that to happen. But when it does, it's massive. I love Tarrou and Rieux fiercely. Grand delights me. I even care about Cottard.
But most of all I love Camus. I love the man who weaves philosophy into literature and creates something that is as intensely urgent now as it was after the Second World War. I love the man who expresses my opinions more completely than I ever found them to be in my mind, and taught me something about myself and those around me, and maintains in spite of everything the belief that men are more often admirable than disgusting: I need to be told that. I do not always agree with him; I think his treatment of Father Paneloux was distinctly Amber Spyglass, and that it undermined his entire ethos: his death was far more the needless destruction of a valuable creature than a triumph over religion. But we can discuss that later when I die and go to the great library in the sky.
But most of all I love Camus. I love the man who weaves philosophy into literature and creates something that is as intensely urgent now as it was after the Second World War. I love the man who expresses my opinions more completely than I ever found them to be in my mind, and taught me something about myself and those around me, and maintains in spite of everything the belief that men are more often admirable than disgusting: I need to be told that. I do not always agree with him; I think his treatment of Father Paneloux was distinctly Amber Spyglass, and that it undermined his entire ethos: his death was far more the needless destruction of a valuable creature than a triumph over religion. But we can discuss that later when I die and go to the great library in the sky.
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Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)by...Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon average rating...3.7 / 5tags...fiction french shelved by...FontMaster miserablizm readread the_denton_affair viewable entries...2 |
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entry by...the_denton_affair updated...May 31, '07 spoilers...n/a
Vibrant, brilliant - but it's no Anna.
(I'm sorry. I know it's a clichéd criticism, but it's how I feel.)
I am looking forward to reading lots of Flaubert in the future, though. I aime him very much.
(I'm sorry. I know it's a clichéd criticism, but it's how I feel.)
I am looking forward to reading lots of Flaubert in the future, though. I aime him very much.
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entry by...miserablizm updated...Apr 07, '08 spoilers...n/a
Vibrant, brilliant - but it's no Anna.
(I'm sorry. I know it's a clichéd criticism, but it's how I feel.)
I am looking forward to reading lots of Flaubert in the future, though. I aime him very much.
(I'm sorry. I know it's a clichéd criticism, but it's how I feel.)
I am looking forward to reading lots of Flaubert in the future, though. I aime him very much.
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Therese Desqueyrouxby...Francois Mauriac average rating...3.0 / 5tags...20thcentury fiction french shelved by...split_my_infinitives viewable entries...none |
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La Chute (Folio)by...Albert Camus average rating...5.0 / 5tags...fiction french shelved by...split_my_infinitives viewable entries...none |
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L'Immoraliste (Folio)by...Andre Gide average rating...nonetags...20thcentury fiction french shelved by...split_my_infinitives viewable entries...none |
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Du Cote De Chez Swann (Collection Folio)by...Marcel Proust average rating...4.0 / 5tags...french modernist shelved by...baberahamlincln split_my_infinitives viewable entries...1 |
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posted by theduckthief submitted...Mar 02, '07
I loved this book. For a piece written more than 100 years ago, it stands the test of time pretty well. Yes the book is full of cliches like "It was a dark and stormy night" and blatant sexism but you have to remember, this book was published in the 19th century. It's definitely a book that should be on your reading list.