Romance Literatures
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Stories from the PentameroneStories from the Pentamerone The collection of folk-tales known as Il Pentamerone was first published at Naples and in the Neopolitan dialect, by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected them chiefly in Crete and Venice, and to have died...
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An Iceland FishermanAn Iceland Fisherman PIERRE LOTI AN ICELAND FISHERMAN PART 1 ON THE ICY SEA CHAPTER ITHE FISHERMEN CHAPTER IIICELANDERS CHAPTER IIITHE WOMEN AT HOME CHAPTER IVFIRST LOVE CHAPTER VTHE SECOND MEETING CHAPTER VINEWS FROM HOME PART II IN THE BRETON LAND CHAPTER ITHE PLAYTHING...
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MaupratMauprat When I wrote my novel Mauprat at Nohantin 1846, if I remember rightlyI had just been suing for a separation. Hitherto I had written much against the abuses of marriage, and perhaps, though insufficiently explaining my views, had induced a belief that I...
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Around the World in 80 Days. Junior Deluxe EditionAround the World in Eighty Days. Junior Deluxe EditionMr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No.7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention. This Phileas Fogg was...
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Paul and VirginiaPaul and Virginia In introducing to the Public the present edition of this well known and affecting Tale,the chef d'oeuvre of its gifted author, the Publishers take occasion to say, that it affords them no little gratification, to apprise the numerous admirers of "Paul...
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The Crime of Sylvestre BonnardThe Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard I had put on my slippers and my dressing-gown. I wiped away a tear with which the north wind blowing over the quay had obscured my vision. A bright fire was leaping in the chimney of my study. Ice-crystals,...
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In Search of the Castaways Or, The Children of Captain GrantIn Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant THE next morning at daybreak a thick fog was clinging to the surface of the river. A portion of the vapors that saturated the air were condensed by the cold, and lay as...
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ThaisThais In those days there were many hermits living in the desert. On both banks of the Nile numerous huts, built by these solitary dwellers, of branches held together by clay, were scattered at a little distance from each other, so that the inhabitants...
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The NabobThe Nabob Daudet once remarked that England was the last of foreign countries to welcome his novels, and that he was surprised at the fact, since for him, as for the typical Englishman, the intimacy of home life had great significance. However long he...
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The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French NovelsThe Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French NovelsPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers....
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Tartuffe Or, The HypocriteTartuffe; Or, The HypocriteJean Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, stands without a rival at the head of French comedy. Born at Paris in January, 1622, where his father held a position in the royal household, he was educated at...
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Don QuijoteDon QuijoteYo, Juan Gallo de Andrada, escribano de Cmara del Rey nuestro seor, de los que residen en su Consejo, certifico y doy fe que, habiendo visto por los seores dl un libro intitulado El ingenioso hidalgo de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de...
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, PurgatoryThe Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory To run over better waters the little vessel of my genius now hoists its sails, and leaves behind itself a sea so cruel; and I will sing of that second realm where the human spirit is purified and...
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, ParadiseThe Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise CANTO XII. Second circle of the spirits of wise religious men, doctors of the Church and teachers.St. Bonaventura narrates the life of St. Dominic, and tells the names of those who form the circle with him. CANTO XIV....
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, HellThe Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell So many versions of the Divine Comedy exist in English that a new one might well seem needless. But most of these translations are in verse, and the intellectual temper of our time is impatient of a transmutation...
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PhaedraPhaedra JEAN BAPTISTE RACINE, the younger contemporary of Corneille, and his rival for supremacy in French classical tragedy, was born at Ferte-Milon, December 21, 1639. He was educated at the College of Beauvais, at the great Jansenist school at Port Royal, and at the...
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The Human Comedy: Introductions and AppendixThe Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix In giving the general title of "The Human Comedy" to a work begun nearly thirteen years since, it is necessary to explain its motive, to relate its origin, and briefly sketch its plan, while endeavoring to speak of...
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The Brotherhood of ConsolationThe Brotherhood of Consolation On a fine evening in the month of September, 1836, a man about thirty years of age was leaning on the parapet of that quay from which a spectator can look up the Seine from the Jardin des Plantes to...
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BeatrixBeatrix France, especially in Brittany, still possesses certain towns completely outside of the movement which gives to the nineteenth century its peculiar characteristics. For lack of quick and regular communication with Paris, scarcely connected by wretched roads with the sub-prefecture, or the chief city...
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Colonel ChabertColonel Chabert This exclamation was made by a lawyers clerk of the class called in French offices a gutter-jumpera messenger in factwho at this moment was eating a piece of dry bread with a hearty appetite. He pulled off a morsel of crumb to...
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