Download or read book A Century of French Fiction Classic Reprint written by Benjamin W. Wells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Century of French Fiction Two years ago I published a book on Modern French Literature, which involved brief mention of the present subject. That phrases of the earlier volume should occasionally recur in this is perhaps inevitable. The two books are, however, distinct in purpose and in method. Chapter VIII. And portions Of Chapter I. Have appeared in The Sewanee Review. The origins of fiction in France, and its history till the French Revolution, I hope to treat in another volume, for which all materials are well in hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Twentieth Century French Writers written by Madame Mary Duclaux and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twentieth Century French Writers: Reviews and Reminiscences I meant this book to be an image, a reflection, of the Twentieth Century in France, so far as it is shown in literature during the first fourteen years of its course. But my book is small, the subject is vast: an actual, living movement, a growing generation, is a difficult thing to copy - it will not keep still! And it branches out so wide: there are so many French writers of the younger sort! I am overcome with remorse when I think of the gifted beings whom I have left out! I remember that child whom Saint Augustine saw, trying to gather the sea into his little shell; like him, I see the waters stretching inimitably: I have only brought away a sample. Yet those who taste it may have some faint idea, if not of the breadth and the numerousness of the literary movement in France, at least of its savour and its quality. Given the limits of my little volume, I was compelled to make a choice; and there is always some injustice in a selection. Why should some be taken and others left? Why accept Rostand and reject Bataille? Why give Madame de Noailles and say nothing of Fernand Gregh? Why gather up Boylesve and Andre Gide, neglecting Estaunie, and Sageret, and Paul Adam? If I have Marie Leneru, why not Sacha Guitry? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book History of French Literature in the Eighteenth Century Classic Reprint written by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of French Literature in the Eighteenth Century Let us not consider as mere chance, gentlemen, a state of mind, which is easily explained. The seventeenth century is the logical sequence, the natural production of the sixteenth. In reference to philosophy and thought in general, the human mind always proceeds in this manner: it makes progress by antithesis and reaction, and resembles the pendulum, which unceasingly oscillates from right to left and from left to right. But the pendulum moves in a fixed space, and the value of one of its oscillations is constantly compensated by that of the other, while the action and reaction of the human mind do not entirely destroy each other, some quantity remains, and these quantities, added together, make up the sum of its progress. At the first glance, man seems to us to undo to the same extent what he has already done; but if we extend the field of our observation, we shall be convinced of the real and gradual advancement of human nature. Whether this advancement is for good or evil, is a different question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Tableau of French Literature During the Eighteenth Century Classic Reprint written by A -G -P BRUGIERE BARON DE. BARANTE and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Tableau of French Literature During the Eighteenth Century Without doubt, we mav apply here the words of an illustrious academician, spoken the following year, in the bosom of that assembly in which he was about to take his place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Class Book of French Literature written by Gustave Masson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Class-Book Of French Literature: Comprehending Specimens Of The Most Distinguished Writers From The Earliest Period To The Beginning Of The Present Century For lts purposq ss hsndbook for the upper clones of Schools. Lu which something more thon the more grsmmsr of the language ls attemtobetsught Ashedseoeescbperlod of hlsoeflew, ll£seouglveu very useful table of tors to be consulted by those who wish to study the subject. Whlohhlsllmlù dommnthmsflowhlmehüodueehhmeleu The exten slve study requfite for the production of a small volume like the present, has but llttle oppoflunlty of dlsplsylng itself otherwlse than in the judlclous remarks und general of his subject whlch M. Mason everywhere dlsplsys The book ls remutly well filted for the purpose lt hss ln vlew, und will, we should think. Meetwlththewfloeme lt et the hsudsof thosemgxgel lueduosäon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A History of the French Novel Vol 2 written by George Saintsbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2: To the Close of the 19th Century Thirdly, it would be impossible to deal with the subject, save in an absurdly incomplete fashion, without discussing living persons. To doing this, in a book, I have an unfashionable but unalterable objection. The productions of such persons, as they appear, are, by now established custom, proper subjects for reviewing in accordance with the decencies of literature, and such reviews may sometimes, with the same proviso, be ex tended to studies of their work up to date. But even these latter should, I think, be reserved for very exceptional cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Oxford Treasury of French Literature Vol 1 written by Albert G. Latham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Oxford Treasury of French Literature, Vol. 1: Mediaeval, Renaissance, and Seventeenth Century The Chansons de Geste properly so called far out weigh alike in number and originality the poems Cycle of of the two later cycles. They differ from them in me' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature Before 1700 Classic Reprint written by Geoffroy Atkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature Before 1700 Although I had originally intended to make a complete study of the history of the Extraordinary Voyage as a type of novel in French Literature, I have been obliged, by the extent of the subject, to limit my study in the present volume to the period preceding the year 1700. It is my purpose to continue in a second volume the investigation of the Extraordinary Voyages published since that date. It is only fitting to say that without the suggestion of Professor Lanson the present work never would have been begun, and that, without his continued interest, it certam never would have been completed. If in its accomplishment any credit whatever is to be accorded, this will have been due in large measure to the inspira tion received from Professor Lanson. If on the other hand, errors of statement or of judgment are discovered in it, they may be set down as exclusively my own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature from 1700 to 1720 Classic Reprint written by Geoffroy Atkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature From 1700 to 1720 In The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature before 1700, I have acknowledged my indebtedness to M. Danson for his original suggestion of this field of research and for his continued interest while I was preparing that study for publication. It is a pleasure to acknowledge here the more recent inspiration and advice received from M. Lanson in the summer of 1920. His suggestions for this second book, at a time when I was reading in Paris and had access to the original documents, have been invaluable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry written by Paul Auster and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 20th Century, France was home to many of the world’s greatest poets. This collection highlights some of the very best verse that came out of a country and century defined by war and liberation. Let Paul Auster guide you through some of the best poetry that 20th century France has to offer. “Indispensable . . . a book that everyone interested in modern poetry should have close to hand, a source of renewable delights and discoveries, a book that will long claim our attention . . . To my knowledge, no current anthology is as full and as deftly edited.”—Peter Brooks, The New York Times Book Review “One of the freshest and most exciting books of poetry to appear in a long while . . . Paul Auster has provided the best possible point of entry into this century's most influential body of poetry.”—Geoffrey O'Brien, The Village Voice
Download or read book Love in the Eighteenth Century written by Edmond De Goncourt and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic French novel depicts the passionate and tumultuous love affair between a young aristocrat and a beautiful courtesan in the late 18th century. Combining vivid and sensuous descriptions of aristocratic life, fashion, and art with a frank and insightful exploration of sexual desire and morality, 'Love in the Eighteenth Century' is a timeless and provocative masterpiece of French literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Landmarks in French Literature Classic Reprint written by Lytton Strachey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Landmarks in French Literature Some of these qualities are already distinctly visible in the earliest French works which have come down to us - the Chansons de Geste. These poems consist of several groups or cycles of narrative verse, cast in the epic mould. It is probable that they first came into existence in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; and they continued to be produced in various forms of repetition, rearrangement, and at last degradation, throughout the Middle Ages. Originally they were not written, but recited. Their authors were the wandering minstrels, who found, in the crowds collected together at the great fairs and places of pilgrimage of those early days, an audience for long narratives of romance and adventure drawn from the Latin chronicles and the monkish traditions of a still more remote past. The earliest, the most famous, and the finest of these poems is the Chanson de Roland, which recounts the mythical incidents of a battle between Charlemagne, with all his peerage', and the hosts of the Saracens. Apart from some touches of the marvellous - such as the two hundred years of Charlemagne and the intervention of angels - the whole atmosphere of the work is that of eleventh-century France, with its aristocratic society, its barbaric vigour, its brutality, and its high sentiments of piety and honour. The beauty of the poem lies in the grand simplicity of its style. Without a trace of the delicacy and variety of a Homer, farther still from the con summate literary power of a Virgil or a Dante, the unknown minstrel who composed the Chanson de Roland possessed nevertheless a very real gift of art. He worked on a large scale with a bold confidence. Discarding absolutely the aids of ornament and the rhetorical elaboration of words, he has succeeded in evoking with an extraordinary, naked vividness the scenes of strife and heroism which he describes. At his best - ih the lines of farewell between Roland and Oliver, and the well-known account of Roland's death -he rises to a restrained and severe pathos which is truly sublime. This great work - bleak, bare, gaunt, majestic - stands out, to the readers of to-day, like some huge mass of ancient granite on the far horizon of the literature of France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Literature in the Century written by Alban Bertram De Mille and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Short Stories written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from French Short Stories: Edited With Notes And Vocabulary IN teaching classes in French, I have felt the need of a collection of Short Stories, chosen from as large a number as possible of the representative authors of the nineteenth century with a view to: (1) literary worth, (z) varied style and subject-matter, (3) large vocabulary and idiomatic constructions, interest for the student. In an endeavor to meet these requirements I have prepared the present edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Reciprocal Influence of English and French Literature written by Henry Trueman Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Reciprocal Influence of English and French Literature: In the Eighteenth Century England; and that of the writings of English philosophers in France during the eighteenth century, may all be taken as instances Of this. Star to star vibrates light, and nation passes on to nation the light of knowledge and Of thought, while ever, in this interchange Of mind, the good and lasting is preserved, and that which is bad and trivial falls to the ground and dies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Secret of Fougereuse written by Louise Imogen Guiney and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Secret of Fougereuse: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century; From the French About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Les Miserables Vol 1 written by Victor Hugo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iconic novel Les Miserables by renowned French novelist Victor Hugo is an absolute must read. The book was first published in 1862 and is considered to be one of the greatest novels to have been written in the 19th century. Over the years it has been adapted many times, most popularly into a musical, and more recently into a film edition of said musical. The harrowing story follows the lives of those living in the early 1800's in Paris. The main character is Jean Valjean, a man who is looking for the true path of redemption. It starts in 1815 and leads up to the 'June Rebellion' of the French Revolution in 1832. During the novel Hugo looks at many aspects of Paris, including the political and economical welfare of the city. Romance, justice and religion are also commonly recurring themes throughout that give the story a deep emotional vestige. It is a truly wonderful book that is not to be missed. This series is split into 5 volumes which helps break the story into manageable portions. It is a world famous classic that can be enjoyed by all, whether you are a complete stranger to the world of Les Miserables or an existing fan it is a great edition of a truly fantastic novel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
