18 books like Les fleurs du mal

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Le premier homme Albert Camus · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "The First Man is a radiant, deeply moving novel of childhood. Camus intended it as the opening book of a projected epic - his War and Peace - but in its storytelling magic and its evocative power, it has a satisfying completeness on its own, covering, as it does, the years of Camus's childhood in Algeria. As he recaptures memories of growing up fatherless with a deaf-mute mother and an… Shares: Literatura francesa, French language materials

La pucelle d'Orleans Voltaire · 1755 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Demanding La Pucelle d’Orléans Voltaire, écrivain et philosophe français (1694-1778) Ce livre numérique présente «La Pucelle d’Orléans», de Voltaire, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes sections. Table des Matières -01- Présentation -02- Chant I -03- Chant II -04- Chant III -05- Chant IV -06- Chant V -07- Chant VI -08- Chant VII -09- Chant… Shares: French poetry, Poetry

Canto a Mi Mismo Walt Whitman · 1904 · ★ 3.9 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Ed Folsom, and one of the nation's most prominent writers and literary figures, Christopher Merrill, carry on a dialog with Whitman, and with each other, section by section, as they invite readers to enter into the conversation about how the poem… Shares: Poesia, Poetry, Biography & Memoir

Illustrated poems of Mao Zedong = Mao Zedong · 1962 · ★ 3.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A political-military autobiography of the Communist Chinese leader, in the form of poems written during half a century of fighting. Shares: Poesia, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II Emily Dickinson · 1890 · ★ 4.3 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Emily Dickinson lived as a recluse in Amherst, Massachusetts, dedicating herself to writing a "letter to the world" - the 1,775 poems left unpublished at her death in 1886. Today Dickinson stands in the front rank of American poets. This Modern Library edition presents the more than four hundred poems that were published between Dickinson's death and 1900. They express her concepts of life and… Shares: Traducciones al español, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, History

Alcools Guillaume Apollinaire · 1920 · ★ 3.8 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A la fin tu es las de ce monde ancien Bergere o tour Eiffel le troupeau des ponts bele ce matin Tu en as assez de vivre dans l'antiquite grecque et romaine Ici meme les automobiles ont l'air d'etre anciennes La religion seule est restee toute neuve la religion Est restee simple comme les hangars de Port-Aviation Seul en Europe tu n'es pas antique o Christianisme L'Europeen le plus moderne… Shares: French poetry, Poetry

Morgan's Run Colleen McCullough · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 606p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Analyse: Roman historique. Roman d'aventures. Shares: French language books, History

Adolphe Benjamin Constant · 1816 · ★ 3.7 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Adolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance to his declarations of love. But as they embark on an intense and tortured affair, Ellenore gives way to a flood of… Shares: Literatura francesa, Biography & Memoir

Vita nuova Dante Alighieri · 1829 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Frontispiece of the English version (''The New Life'', [[D. G. Rossetti, 1899)]] Shares: French poetry, Poetry, Biography & Memoir

Les Dieux Ont Soif Anatole France · 1900 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Academic historians probably read historical novels in two ways: as general readers and as experts on a period. At a guess, Anatole France’s Les dieux ont soif (1912) is not likely to satisfy under either heading. The academic historian can probably get over the historical goofs: active citizens in 1793, Federalists as decentralizers, the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris not having a jury, and so… Shares: Literatura francesa, History

Nouvelles orientales Marguerite Yourcenar · 1938 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Avec ces Nouvelles, écrites au cours des dix années qui ont précédé la guerre, la tentation de l’Orient est clairement avouée dans le décor, dans le style, dans l’esprit des textes. De la Chine à la Grèce, des Balkans au Japon, ces contes accompagnent le voyageur comme autant de clés pour une seule musique, venue d’ailleurs. Les surprenants sortilèges du peintre Wang-Fô, qui "aimait l’image des… Shares: French language materials, Biography & Memoir

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry, History

Poems Tu Fu · 1724 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Demanding Du Fu (712–770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetry—still universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now David Young, author of Black Lab, and well known as a translator of Chinese poets, gives us a sparkling new translation of Du Fu’s verse, arranged to give us a tour of the life, each “chapter” of poems preceded by an introductory paragraph that situates us… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Biography & Memoir

Ἴων Plato · 1759 · ★ 3.5 · 41p · ≈ 1h · Demanding "Im Ion stellt der jugendliche Platon eine Seite des historischen Sokrates dar, die in den Dialogen, die nach dessen Verurteilung und Hinrichtung verfasst sind, nicht mehr zentrales Thema ist. Platon, wie auch andere aus der jugendlichen Intelligenz Athens waren fasziniert von jenem Mann, der in Wortgefechten mit wechselnden Partnern ständig triumphiert. Ion, ein Rhapsode, glaubt in diesem Dialog… Shares: Poesia, History

Letters to a young poet Rainer Maria Rilke · 1656 · ★ 4.3 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Letters written to F.X. Kappus during the years 1903-1908. Chronicle of Rilkes's life for the years 1903-1908 (p. 81-123). Shares: Traducciones al español, Poetry, Biography & Memoir

The lay of the last minstrel Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print.… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Candide Voltaire · 1746 · ★ 3.8 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an… Shares: Literatura francesa, History

Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris · 1493 · ★ 3.6 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Many English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles Dahlberg's elegant and precise translation of the Old French text. His line-by-line rendering in contemporary English is available again, this time in a third edition with an updated critical apparatus. Readers at all levels can continue to deepen their… Shares: French poetry, Poetry, History

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