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The Miser – Jean Baptiste Molière
The Miser – Jean Baptiste Molière – 1668 Reviewed by: Lale The Miser (l’avare) is about a stingy, greedy, miserable man who cannot love anything other than money, not even his own children. But that doesn̵...
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The Misanthrope – Jean Baptiste Molière
The Misanthrope – Jean Baptiste Molière – 1666 Reviewed by: Lale The Misanthrope starts with an amusing clash of two friends which reveals, with no room for mistake, the personality and philosophy of Alceste, the mi...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Victor Hugo
Reviewed by: Lale Notre-dame of Paris is a majestic structure, beautifully decorated in minute detail, constructed on Ile de la Cité, the little island on Seine, where first Paris had been founded. Someone had to write a novel...
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The Red Lily – Anatole France
The Red Lily – Anatole France – 1898 Reviewed by: Jason Tomes Date: 10 September 2004 With its Late Romantic emphasis on passion and beauty, “The Red Lily” is very much a novel of its time (the 1890...
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Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education – Gustave Flaubert – 1869 Posted by Lale on 20/7/2005, 16:16:08 I have a copy presented and annotated by Pierre-Marc de Biasi (Le livre de poche – Classiques de poche). Now this version h...
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Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert – 1857 Posted by Lale on 20/03/2007 This is one of my five star books. In my opinion, it is one of the greatest novels ever written. There are many reviews and analyses of it on ...
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The Lady of the Camellias – Alexandre Dumas Fils
The Lady of the Camellias – Alexandre Dumas Fils – 1848 Reviewed by: Yin Zhou Date: 14 September 2001 I read Dumas’ La Dame aux Camelias this summer, and I dare say it is the most heart-warming yet tear...
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The Count of Monte-Cristo – Alexandre Dumas Père
The Count of Monte-Cristo – Alexandre Dumas Père – 1844 Reviewed by: Liliana Rodriguez Maynez Date: 15 April 2003 Great plot and great descriptions of the characters’ personalities. The novel is based ...
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The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas Père
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas Père – 1844 Reviewed by: Guillermo Maynez Date: 12 November 2002 When I was a kid, I used to read this book every two years or so, along with its sequel, “Twenty y...
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Letters from My Windmill – Alphonse Daudet
Letters from My Windmill – Alphonse Daudet – 1869 Reviewed by: Duresa Date: 8 November 2002 It is my favorite book. I used to read it when I was a child and I go back to it time after time. Every time I disco...
