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This is a mint-condition copy of The Red and The Black, A Chronicle of the 19th Century, the brilliant novel written in 1830 by the great French author Stendhal (Henri Beyle). It is a social satire, and psychological novel, about the ambitious, social-climbing, manipulative Julian Sorel, who becomes the pawn of the ruthless people around him. This copy was published by… Read more about this item

This is an unread first edition of Baudelaire, written by the English journalist Joanna Richardson and published in 1990. It is a full biography of the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), which was a best-seller and very well received by critics. It's a big book with few photos. It is mylar-wrapped--you can remove it if you like. The spots you see on the… Read more about this item

This is a very readable copy of a 1902 printing of Mauprat, the 1837 novel by the iconic French writer George Sand (Amantine Dupin). It is a love story but it explores the issue of education for women and examines a woman's traditionally passive role in a marriage. This copy is dated 1902. It is lime green… Read more about this item

The is a very nice copy of Selected Tales of Guy de Maupassant, published by Random House in 1950. It is 49 short stories written by the French master. See photo and scan of contents. It is illustrated by the American artist and lithographer Adolf Dehn. 7 x 10, 334 pages Red and black boards with gilt design on the spine. There is… Read more about this item

From the International Collectors Library, this is a mint-condition luxury edition copy of Madame Bovary, the classic novel by the French author Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880).The book, about an unhappy woman who lives beyond her means and has an affair, scandalized society when it was published in 1956, but is now considered to be one of the most influential literary works… Read more about this item

This is a first edition from the classics series published by International Collectors Library in 1970.It is two novels. Pere Goriot (or Old Goriot)is an 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters:… Read more about this item

The is a nice little Modern Library copy of Pere Goriot & Eugenie Grandet, published in 1950. It is two novels in one book. Pere Goriot (or Old Goriot)is an 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the… Read more about this item

Marie-Henri Beyle (1783-1842), who wrote under the name Stendhal, is considered 'the father of the psychological novel'. Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) is one of his best-known books--the other is The Chartreuse of Parma, or La Chartreuse de Parme, 1839, which I also have listed here. The Red and the Black Modern Library (Random House) 1958 Green boards with a black and gold… Read more about this item

La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady with the Camellias, commonly known as Camille) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, first published in 1848 and adapted by Dumas for the stage. The play was an instant success, it became Verdi's La Traviata and has since been adapted for the stage dozens of time. It has also been made into movies… Read more about this item

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne (1533 – 1592) was a French statesman and one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. It was he who popularized the essay as a literary genre, and his volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written. This is 14 of his essays; topics include Idleness, the Education of… Read more about this item

These are shelf-mates, part of the series of classics published by Collins Clear-Type Press c 1920. I can't find other copies of them for sale anywhere else. Both are 4 ¼"x 6 ¼", both are brown-red cloth. Both have book plates that can be steamed off. Shelf wear is minor. They need cleaning; they don't have any stains, but they have a sort… Read more about this item

Anatole France (Francois-Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist and best-selling novelist. He was considered the ideal French man of letters and, in 1921, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. France wrote 25 novels; Penguin Island (1908) was his 21st. It is a sprawling satirical novel about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed… Read more about this item

Anatole France (Francois-Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist and best-selling novelist. He was considered the ideal French man of letters and, in 1921, won the Nobel Prize in Literature. France wrote 25 novels; The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881) was his second. It is about a brilliant historian and linguist who kidnaps a young woman to… Read more about this item

The Chartreuse of Parma tells the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era. It has always been a much-admired book and has been adapted for opera, film and television. This is a lovely book, 535 pages, printed on wood-free paper and bound in scarlet leatherette with a brilliant gold design on the cover and spine. There is a… Read more about this item

The Conspirators is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, and published in 1843. Dumas reworked a preliminary version by Maquet; this was the beginning of a collaboration which produced 36 novels and plays. The novel is set in 1718, and its subject is a conspiracy against the regency of Philippe d'Orléans, who led France during the infancy… Read more about this item