18 books like La nuit du carrefour

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Le pendu de Saint-Pholien Georges Simenon · 1931 · ★ 3.8 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging First published as Le Pendu de St Pholien, this early Simenon records how Maigret unwittingly drove a little man to suicide. You'd have said that Louis Jeunet was a down-at-heel layabout, but he was packeting up over 30,000 francs when Maigret first spotted him in Brussels. When he posted the money, unregistered, as 'Printed Matter', Maigret followed him for fun. He took a train for the north. At… Shares: Jules Maigret, Kriminalfall, Maigret, Paris

Maigret et le clochard Georges Simenon · 1963 · ★ 3.7 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A vagrant living under a bridge is assaulted at night, knocked hard enough to fracture his skull, and thrown into the River Seine. Two bargemen from barges moored nearby fish him out of the cold water before he drowns and he ends up in the hospital in a coma. Chief Superintendent Maigret is called to the scene. One of the bargemen, whose boat is moored near the ramp coming down the embankment,… Shares: Jules Maigret, Maigret, Paris, French fiction

Les belles images Simone de Beauvoir · 1966 · ★ 3.8 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Non ; elle a crié tout haut. Pas Catherine. Je ne permettrai pas qu'on lui fasse ce qu'on m'a fait. Qu'a-t-on fait de moi ? Cette femme qui n'aime personne, insensible aux beautés du monde, incapable même de pleurer, cette femme que je vomis. Catherine : au contraire lui ouvrir les yeux tout de suite et peut-être un rayon de lumière filtrera jusqu'à elle, peut-être elle s'en sortira... De quoi ?… Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction

The werewolf of Paris Guy Endore · 1933 · ★ 3.6 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Challenging In a work that strives to do for werewolves what Stoker's Dracula did for vampires, Endore's werewolf, an outcast named Bertrand Caillet, travels round seeking to calm the beast within. An episodic tale, the story wanders through 19th Century France and into hotspots like the Franco-Prussian war. Stunning in its sexual frankness and eerie, fog-enshrouded visions, this novel was decidedly… Shares: Paris, France

Fantômas Pierre Souvestre · 1900 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Challenging “One episode simply melts away as the next takes over” (The New York Times) in this deliciously sinister turn-of-the-century tale of a French evil genius run rampant. Three appalling crimes leave all of Paris aghast: the Marquise de Langruen is hacked to death, the Princess Sonia is robbed, and Lord Beltham is found dead, stuffed into a trunk. Inspector Juve knows that all the clues point to one… Shares: France, Thriller, Mystery

The slave of the lamp Hugh Stowell Scott · 1891 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "The Slave Of The Lamp" from Hugh Stowell Scott. English novelist wrote under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903). Shares: Paris, Thriller

The summer of the Danes Edith Pargeter · 1991 · ★ 4.1 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England--almost a peace. For several months there has been little actual fighting between the forces of King Stephen and those of Empress Maud, the two royal cousins contending for the throne. On the whole, Brother Cadfael considers it a blessing to live in these peaceful times. Still, a little excitement--and some time spent outside the… Shares: Kriminalfall, Mystery

Anton Reiser Karl Philipp Moritz · 1978 · ★ 4.0 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate xv, 456 p. ; 23 cm Shares: German literature, Continental european fiction

Princesse de Clèves Madame de La Fayette · 1678 · ★ 3.7 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Demanding The Princess of Cleves is a French novel published in 1678 that is regarded as one of the first psychological novels. The plot is set in the royal court of Henry II of France. Shares: French fiction, France, Continental european fiction

Resurrection Men Double Sided A2 Poster Ian Rankin · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Sent to a rehabilitation school after a serious mistake, Inspector John Rebus discovers that among his fellow "resurrection men" are a group of classmates plotting a drug heist and joins forces with his protTgT, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke to investigate ties to an art dealer's murder, a crime that could lead to scandal and danger at the highest level of law enforcement. 50,000 first… Shares: Police, Thriller, Mystery

The Werewolf of Paris Guy Endore · 2010 · ★ 3.6 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 294 p. : 24 cm Shares: Paris, France

In Their Footsteps Tess Gerritsen · 1994 · ★ 3.7 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The quiet scandal surrounding her parents' deaths 20 years ago sends Beryl Tavistock on a search for the truth from Paris to Greece. As she enters a world of international espionage, Beryl discovers she needs help and turns to a suave ex-CIA agent. But in a world where trust is a double-edged sword, friends become enemies and enemies become killers. Shares: Paris, Thriller, Mystery

Vingt ans apres̀ Alexandre Dumas · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 754p · ≈ 25h · Demanding Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, and in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. The quartet of musketeers come out of retirement to cross swords with time,… Shares: French fiction, France, Continental european fiction

The pragmatics of literary testimony Chantelle Warner · 2012 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In this book, Warner examines a number of German-language literary autobiographies that are connected to diverse social movements of the last forty years. These books have all received critical attention from the popular press, topped bestseller lists, and have been pivotal in discussions of authenticity, subjectivity, and referentiality. Because of the thematic diversity of these works, scholars… Shares: German literature, German language

Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts Joseph von Eichendorff · 1864 · ★ 3.3 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Der Taugenichts ist Sohn eines Müllers und durch und durch Romantiker. Mit den elenden Philistern und der engen Welt, in der sie leben, will er um keinen Preis etwas zu tun haben. Als sein Vater ihn aus dem Haus wirft, damit er endlich lernt, für sich selbst zu sorgen, zieht er mit seiner Geige zu Fuss durchs Land bis nach Italien und lebt seine Freiheit. Auf einem Schloss hatte er sich in eine… Shares: German language, Continental european fiction

Nathan der Weise Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1779 · ★ 3.3 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Nathan the Wise (original German title: Nathan der Weise) is the last play published by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. The play was published in 1779; its world premiere took place only in 1783, two years after Lessing's death, at the Döbbelinsches Theater in Berlin. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, just after the 1187 taking of Jerusalem by… Shares: German literature, German language

Notre Dame de Paris Victor Hugo · 1831 · ★ 4.0 · 409p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo. Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction

The scapegoat Daphne du Maurier · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon, ' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me too well.I was looking at myself."Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are… Shares: France, Continental european fiction, Thriller

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