18 books like À rebours

What to read after À rebours — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Histoire d'un casse-noisette Alexandre Dumas · 1845 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A little girl's devotion to her Christmas nutcracker is instrumental in breaking a spell imposed upon the nutcracker-prince by his enemies, the mice. Shares: Translations from French, French fiction

Bel-Ami Guy de Maupassant · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 417p · ≈ 13h · Challenging .I Quand la caissiere lui eut rendu la monnaie de sa piece de cent sous, Georges Duroy sortit du restaurant. Comme il portait beau, par nature et par pose d'ancien sous-officier, il cambra sa taille, frisa sa moustache d'un geste militaire et familier, et jeta sur les dineurs attardes un regard rapide et circulaire, un de ces regards de joli garcon qui s'etendent comme des coups d'epervier. Les… Shares: Translations from French, French fiction, Continental european fiction, Classic Literature

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

Paul et Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre · 1789 · ★ 3.7 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Paul and Virginia, two fatherless children are brought up in poverty and innocence, amid the tropical scenery of the island of Mauritius. Virginia is recalled to France by a harsh and wealthy aunt. There she is miserable, and after two years returns to the island. But her ship is wrecked and she is drowned before the eyes of Paul. Shares: Translations from French, French fiction, Classic Literature

Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours Jules Verne · 1872 · ★ 4.0 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Phileas Fogg, a very punctual man had broken into an argument while conversing about the recent bank robbery. To keep his word of proving that he would travel around the world in 80 days and win the bet, he sets on a long trip, where he is joined by a few other people on the way. A wonderful adventure is about to begin! Shares: Translations from French, French fiction, Fantasy

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: Translations from French, Classic Literature

L'Île mystérieuse Jules Verne · 1870 · ★ 4.3 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging This sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" doesn't advertise itself as such. Most of the book concerns the efforts of a group of hot-air balloon castaways in the south Pacific ocean attempting to use modern knowledge in order to survive in near-desert-island conditions. "Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe, 1719) started a trend of survival tales that lasts in some respects to this day and "Island"… Shares: Translations from French, French fiction

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

Les Misérables Victor Hugo · 1862 · ★ 4.2 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Challenging In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert--Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre. Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction, Classic Literature

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, Continental european fiction

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, Continental european fiction

The house of the Wolfings William Morris · 1889 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The House of the Wolfings tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life. Like much of Morris’s work, The House of the… Shares: Classic Literature, Fantasy

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1821 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman… Shares: Translations from French, Classic Literature

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: French fiction, Continental european fiction

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: French fiction, Continental european fiction

La Chute Albert Camus · 1917 · ★ 4.0 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Num bar de marinheiros em Amesterdão, um homem que se apresenta como juiz-penitente enceta conversa com um desconhecido. Entre copos de Genebra e deambulações pelas ruas daquela cidade de canais concêntricos, a fazer lembrar os círculos do inferno, recorda a sua vida passada como respeitável advogado parisiense, insuperável na defesa de causas nobres e nas conquistas amorosas. Mas à medida que a… Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction

Works (La chute / L'exil et le royaume) Albert Camus · 1957 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction

Les contes drôlatiques Honoré de Balzac · 1855 · ★ 3.5 · 557p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A collection of stories with a mediaeval theme rather after the style of Rabelais. Early editions were illustrated by Gustav Dore and were published by Garnier Freres of Paris. The stories range from the absurd to the downright grim but the illustrations give them a life of their own. Rather off-putting to the reader used to modern French, the stories are written in an archaic French that is not… Shares: French fiction, Continental european fiction

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