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Authors  of  France  Pages

While working back and forth on these many webpages, items kept appearing for authors of Great Britain and France,
with nowhere to cross-reference them. Thus a page for British authors was created in Spring 2012, and this page for French authors
was created in early 2013. This page serves two intentions: to pay homage to the many French writers & poets & playwrights who
have influenced American literature and-or American life during the past 200-plus years, and also to the many French authors who
provided source material for so many major Hollywood feature films.

Cinema of France Pages at Magic Lantern

browse Books / World Literature / France category at Amazon

Anthologies  &  Literary  History

	"A History of French Literature" [1925] by C.H. Conrad Wright Kindle Edition from Lecturable [12/2012] for $99¢ {sic}
	"The Oxford Companion To French Literature" [1959] Compiled & edited by Sir Paul Harvey & J.E. Heseltine Oxford Clarendon Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1966] out of print/used Oxford Clarendon Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1959] out of print/many used
	"The Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature" [1976] Edited by Joyce M.H. Reid - an official abridgement of "The Oxford Companion To French Literature", revised & expanded with 200 new entries Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 pb [3/86] out of print/many used Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ hardcover [12/76] out of print/used
	"A New History of French Literature" [164 essays 1989] Edited by Denis Hollier Harvard Univ Press 10x6½ pb [8/98] for $41.90 Harvard Univ Press 9¾x8 hardcover [9/89] out of print/many used
	"An Essay on French Verse: For Readers of English Poetry" [1991] by Jacques Barzun [1907-2012] book won the Poetry Society of America's Melville Cane Poetry Award New Directions Publng 8½x5½ pb [4/91] for $15.95 New Directions Publng 9¼x5¾ hardcover [4/91] out of print/used
	"The New Oxford Companion To Literature In French" [1995] Edited by Peter France Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/95] for $121.88
	"The Cambridge Companion To The French Novel: From 1800 To The Present" [1997] Edited by Timothy Unwin Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [1/2013] for $14.30 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/97] for $29.78 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/97] for $113.00
	"The Oxford Book of French Short Stories" [2002] Edited by Elizabeth Fallaize Kindle Edition from Oxford Paperbacks [2002 edition] for $10.88 Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2010] for $15.82 28 stories by authors Marcel Aymé, Christiane Barocke, Albert Camus, Colette, Alphonse Daudet, Honoré de Balzac, Simone de Beauvoir, Viliers de L'Isle-Adam, Guy de Maupassant (2), The Marquis de Sade, René Depestre, Birago Diop, Assia Djebar, Frédéric Fajardie, Gustave Flaubert, Théophile Gautier, Hervé Guibert, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Prosper Mérimée, Monique Proulx, Jean-Paul Sartre, Annie Saumone, Georges Simenon, Stendahl, Michel Tournier, Renée Vivien, and Émile Zola
	"A History of French Literature: From Chanson de Geste To Cinema" [2003] by David Coward Kindle Edition from Wiley-Blackwell [2003 edition] for $44.76 {sic} Wiley-Blackwell 8¾x6¾ pb [10/2003] for $50.60
	"Masterpieces of French Literature" [2004] by Marilyn S. Severson Scholarly examination of important French novels in terms of narrative style, philosophy, historical relevance, biograph-ical context, and much more; the eight chosen classic works are: "The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo)" [1844] by Alexandre Dumas [1802-70], "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" [1831] by Victor Hugo [1802-85], "The Little Prince" [1943] by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [1900-44], "Madame Bovary" [1856] by Gustave Flaubert [1821-80], "Les Misérables" [1862] by Victor Hugo [1802-85], "The Plague (La Peste)" [1947] by Albert Camus [1913-60], "The Stranger (L’Étranger)" [1942] by Albert Camus [1913-60], and "The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires)" [1844] by Alexandre Dumas [1802-70] Kindle Edition from Greenwood [2004 edition9/00] for $39.46 {sic} Greenwood Publng Group 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $52.25
	"Paris Tales" [22 stories 2004] Selected & Translated by Helen Constantine These 22 tales were written from the 1830s to modern times; includes stories by Frédéric Beigbeder, Michel Butor, Andrée Chedid, Colette, Maryse Condé, Didier Daeninckx, Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant (2), Gérard de Nerval, Jean Echenoz, Léon-Paul Fargue, Cyrille Fleischman, Anna Gavalda, Julien Green, Roger Grenier, Hugo Marsan, Georges Perec, Vincent Ravalec, Jacques Réda, Annie Saumont, and Émile Zola Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2004 edition] for $11.49 Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5¼ pb [12/2004] for $16.42
	"Talk Dirty French: Beyond Merde - The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need To Know When You Speak Français" [2008] by Alexis Munier & Emmanuel Tichelli Kindle Edition from Adams Media [2008 edition] for $7.39 Adams Media mass pb [6/2008] for $8.50
	"The Cambridge History of French Literature" [2011] Edited by William Burgwinkle, Nicholas Hammond & Emma Wilson From the troubadours to the theater to popular novels to the cinema Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2011] for $124.39 {sic}
	"Paris Métro Tales" [22 stories 2011] Selected & Translated by Helen Constantine These 22 tales take place from the 1830s to modern times at the Gare du Nord rail terminus and at each of the twenty arrondissements of Paris, France that are served by the Métropolitain mostly-underground transit system. Includes stories by Daniel Boulanger, Andrée Chedid, Colette, Honoré de Balzac, Théodore de Banville, Guy de Maupassant (2), Gérard de Nerval (2), Jacques de Voragine, Martine Delerm (2), Marie Desplechin, Claude Dufresne, Frédéric Fajardie, Cyrille Fleischman, Paul Fournel, Julien Green, Jacques Réda, Annie Saumont, Georges Simenon, and Émile Zola Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [3/2011] for $9.99 Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2011] for $14.03
	"Great French Short Stories" [12 stories 2011] Edited by Paul Negri Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [9/2012] for $2.99 Dover Thrift Editions 8x5 pb [9/2011] for $3.26 12 stories by authors Alphonse Daudet, Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant (2), Gérard de Nerval, Gustave Flaubert, André Gide, Jules Laforgue, Prosper Mérimée, Jules Renard, Voltaire, and Émile Zola
	"French Short Stories (Illustrated)" for Kindle [23 stories 2011] Kindle Edition from Seedbox Classics [12/2011] for 99¢ {sic} 23 stories by authors Jean Aicard, Rene Bazin, Paul Bourget, A. Cheneviere, Francois Coppee, Alphonse Daudet, Honoré de Balzac, Paul de Kock, Guy de Maupassant, Alfred de Musset, Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Erckmann-Chatrian, Ludovic Halevy, Victor Hugo, Alain Rene Le Sage, Catulle Mendes, Prosper Mérimée, Henry Murger, Marcel Prevost, Clemence Robert, Eugene Francois Vidocq, and Émile Zola

http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-French-Short-Stories-Books/dp/019958317X/

L i n k s
French Literature entry at Wikipedia
Prix Goncourt [est. 1903]
Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française [est. 1918]
Prix des Deux Magots [est. 1933]

Authors  of  France,  A to Z

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Charles Baudelaire [1821-67]
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Baudelaire-Companions-Literature-ebook/dp/B00AA8JT86/

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Jean Bruce [1921-63]
write 91 books in the "O.S.S. 117" series, plus several other novels; the books served as source material for 14 movies
IMDb listing • author entry at Wikipedia

     
"O.S.S. 117" novel series, 1949-1996"
91 books written by Jean Bruce from 1949 to his death in 1963; 143 titles written by wife Josette from 1966 to her death in 1996;
24 titles written by children François & Martine Bruce after that.
search for 'O.S.S. 117' books {returns over 250 titles, mostly in French} on Amazon
French-language O.S.S. 117 fan forum website {last update 2010}

"OSS 117: Five Film Collection" DVD Box Set [] Kino Classics widescreen Blu-ray w/English subtitles [9/2017] 3 disks for $33.00 Special Edition DVD set [9/2017] 3 disks for $31.39 contains five feature films: "OSS 117 Is Unleashed" [b&w 1963], "OSS 117: Panic In Bangkok" [1964], "OSS 117: Mission For A Killer" [1965], "OSS 117: Mission To Tokyo" [1966], and "OSS 117: Double Agent" [1968]; extras include two trailers

"OSS 117 Is Unleashed (OSS 117 se Déchaîne)" [1963] /tt0141673/
"OSS 117: Panic In Bangkok" aka "Shadow of Evil" [June 1964] /tt0140834/
"OSS 117: Mission For A Killer" [1965] /tt0059206/
"OSS 117: Mission To Tokyo" [1966] /tt0060137/
"OSS 117: Double Agent" aka "Murder For Sale" [1968] /tt0062099/

"Le Magnifique" aka "The Man From Acapulco" [France Nov 1973]

Jean-Paul Belmondo is both a Jean Bruce-type writer and his OSS 117-type creation, bumbling thru adventures as an international spy . . . Co-produced by and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo {dual role}; co-written & directed by Philippe de Broca; co-written by Vittorio Caprioli, Jean-Paul Rappeneau & Francis Veber; music by Claude Bolling; also starring Jacqueline Bisset {dual role}, Vittorio Caprioli {dual role}, Hans Meyer, Monique Tarbès, Mario David, Bruno Garcin, Raymond Gérôme, Jean Lefebvre, Fabrizio Moresco, André Weber, Hubert Deschamps, Bernard Musson, Thalie Frugès, René Barrera, Rodrigo Puebla, Jean-Pierre Rambal, Gaëtan Noël, Micha Bayard, Roger Muni, Victor Jarson, Caline Bautte, Claude Salino, Jean-Paul Jarre, Laure Moutoussamy, Max Desrau, Robert Berri, Lucienne Legrand, Guy Simonnet, Sébastien Floche, Michel Thomass, Pierre Assena, Maurice Auzel, Jack Berard, director Philippe de Broca {cameo}, co-producer Alexandre Mnouchkine {cameo}, Louis Navarre, José Paul, Jacques Wajsmark, Henri Czarniak, Raoul Guylad, Charly Koubesserian Cine III widescreen color DVD [1/2002] for $39.75 Music Box original soundtrack CD [11/2017] out of prodn/used EMI France/Sugarmusic soundtrack MP-3 album [10/2012] 12 tracks for $9.49 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official mariachi-style trailer [3/2007 upload; 2:18] online at YouTube watch official trailer [2/2019 upload; 1:49] online at YouTube

"Bob Le Magnifique" TV movie [France 1998]
TV remake 'freely adapted' from the 1973 Belmondo movie, directed by Marc Angelo; starring Antoine de Caunes & Clotilde Courau • full credits at IMDb
TF1 Studio Region 2 color DVD [6/2006] for €4,14 - PAL format - via Amazon.FR

These latter two movies were filmed as spoofs/parodies of the James Bond archetype, and were very successful worldwide.
"Whatever the danger, whatever the stakes, you can always count on Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath - Secret Agent O.S.S. 117 - to find a way out . . ."

"O.S.S. 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" [Gaumont/Columbia TriStar April 2006]

After a fellow agent and close friend disappears, a French secret agent is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo, his 'cover' while investigating the disappearance, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties Co-written & directed by Michel Hazanavicius; co-written & cameo by Jean-François Halin; based on a novel by Jean Bruce; music & cameos by Ludovic Bource & Kamel Ech-Cheik; starring Jean Dujardin, François Damiens, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid, Arsène Mosca, Constantin Alexandrov, Claude Brosset, Laurent Bateau, Saïd Amadis, Eric Prat, Abdellah Moundy, Philippe Lefebvre, Richard Sammel, Aure Atika, Bérénice Bejo, Michael Hofland, Marc Bodnar, Bernard Nissile, Alain Kouhani, Mouloud Ikhaddelene, Diego Dieng, Chouki Gtari, Hafid F. Benamar, Hassan Chabaki, Johannes Oliver Hamm, Hedi Naili, Jean-Marie Paris, Laura Schiffman, Roger To Thanh Hien, Alexandra Schamis Gaumont Region A/B/C widescreen color Blu-ray w/English subtitles [2008] for $39.68 - PAL format only Music Box Films widescreen color DVD w/English subtitles [9/2008] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie website {may require different browser} • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer w/English subtitles [10/2014 upload; 1:54] online at YouTube

"O.S.S. 117: Rio Ne Répond Plus (Rio No Longer Responds)"
aka "O.S.S. 117: Lost In Rio" [Gaumont/Music Box Films April 2009]

A French secret agent is sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to find a former high-ranking Nazi who went into exile in South America after the war; this takes him all across Brazil, from Rio to Brasilia to the Iguazu Falls, accompanied by a charming feminist Mossad agent - set to the strains of bossa nova music • Co-written & directed by Michel Hazanavicius; co-written by Jean-François Halin; based characters from Jean Bruce; music & cameo by Ludovic Bource; starring Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Rüdiger Vogler, Alex Lutz, Reem Kherici, Pierre Bellemare, Ken Samuels, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Capelluto, Cirillo Luna, Moon Dailly, Walter Shnorkell, Philippe Hérisson, Nicky Marbot, Christelle Cornil, Jean-Marie Paris, Alexandre Porfirio, Vincent Haquin, Alexandre Goncalves, Adriana Salles, Joseph Chanet, Patrick Vo, Pascal Parmentier, Franck Beckmann, Jean-Claude Tran, Bing Yin, Chao Chen, Gérald Nguyen Ngoc, Chen Yi-Rhe, Sabrine Vin, Alvaro Correia, Emmanuel Pasqualini, Sébastien Mingam, Jean-Louis Barcelona, Gérard Couchet, Donna Flandrin, Guillaume Schiffman, Olé Erdmann, Arthur Bispo Coutinho, Naiara Amorim Da Silva, Yoda Bono, Laurent Larrieu, Robert Hoehn, Grégory Loffredo & Jan Oliver Schroeder, with archive footage of Horst Tappert & Fritz Wepper Gaumont widescreen color Blu-ray w/English subtitles [undated] out of prodn/used Music Box Films widescreen color DVD w/English subtitles [8/2010] for $14.99 T.V.A. Films widescreen color DVD w/English subtitles [12/2009] for $15.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie website {may require different browser} • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer w/English subtitles [2/2010 upload; 2:09] online at YouTube

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Albert Camus [1913-60] Page
at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

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Colette [1873-1954] ("Gigi")

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Honoré de Balzac [1799-1850]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac
http://www.amazon.com/Honore-Balzac-Complete-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B0093M15D2/

  "Old Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot)" [1835] by Honoré de Balzac [1799-1850]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A8re_Goriot

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Simone de Beauvoir [1908-86]

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Guy de Maupassant [1850-93]
http://www.amazon.com/Maupassant-Oeuvres-compl%C3%A8tes-volumes-ebook/dp/B005HFL90I/
http://www.amazon.com/Maupassant-English-Translation-Annotated-ebook/dp/B008KYVWF0/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Guy-Maupassant-Megapack-ebook/dp/B00DRELAY6/

"Bel Ami" classic novel [France 1885, English 1903]
"Bel Ami" feature film [France 1939] /tt0031092/
"Bel Ami" feature film [Mexico 1947] /tt0131989/ won 3 Silver Ariel Awards
"The Private Affairs of Bel Ami" in English [United Artists April 1947] starring George Sanders
http://www.amazon.com/Private-Affairs-Bel-Ami-VHS/dp/0782008488/
"Bel Ami" feature film in German [Austria 1955] /tt0047868/
"Bel Ami" TV movie in German [Germany 1968] /tt0062721/
"Bel Ami" 5-episode TV mini-series [BBC-TV 1971] /tt0497175/
"Bel Ami" TV mini-series [France May 1973] /tt0319041/
"Bel Ami" TV movie [Belgium & France 2005] /tt0441994/ starring Sagamore Stévenin

"Bel Ami" feature film [UK March 2012, USA June 2012] /tt1440732/
with Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci & Holliday Grainger
http://www.belamimovie.co.uk/ + http://www.magpictures.com/belami/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlFlZVLG46c official trailer [2:00]
http://www.amazon.com/Bel-Ami-Robert-Pattinson/dp/B0083H6AQA/

"The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant For Modern Times" [2015] by Guy de Maupassant, new modern-language translations by Sandra Smith 28 short stories and novellas 'Boule de Suif' and 'Le Horla' Kindle Edition from Liveright [7/2015] for $14.43 Liveright 9½x6¾ hardcover [8/2015] for $16.47

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
aviator & author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [1900-44] Page

"Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)" [1943] is the number two bestseller worldwide, after "A Tale of Two Cities" [1859]
by Charles Dickens [1812-70], and in front of "The Lord of The Rings" novel trilogy and "The Hobbit".

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Maurice Dekobra [1885-1973]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Dekobra

"Madonna of The Sleeping Cars" [1925 bestseller]
First published in English in 1927 and one of the XXth Century’s first massive bestsellers, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.
http://www.amazon.com/Madonna-Sleeping-Cars-Neversink-ebook/dp/B005B1WRZE/
"Madonna of The Sleeping Cars" [1929] /tt0020129/
"La Madone des Sleepings" [1955] /tt0143549/

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Alexandre Dumas [1802-70]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas
http://www.amazon.com/Cristo-Monte-Cristo-dual-language-English-ebook/dp/B0062NOID4/
http://www.amazon.com/Works-Alexandre-Dumas-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B007YUYWQM/

  "The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires)" [1844] by Alexandre Dumas & Auguste Maquet [1813-88]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers
There have been at least 25 film & TV adaptations of "The Three Musketeers".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_in_film

	"Le Prince des Voleurs (The Prince of Thieves)" [1872] by Alexandre Dumas [1802-70], Translated by Alfred Allinson [1852-1929] in 1904 Kindle Edition from Reginetta Press [1/2013] for $3.99 {sic} see also Spirit of America Bookstore's Robin Hood Page
	"Robin Hood The Outlaw (Robin Hood le Proscrit)" [1874] by Alexandre Dumas [1802-70], Translated by Alfred Allinson [1852-1929] in 1904 Kindle Edition from Reginetta Press [12/2014] for $3.99 {sic} Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2014] for $4.99 see also Spirit of America Bookstore's Robin Hood Page

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Gustave Flaubert [1821-80]
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Gustave-Flaubert-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B007MC3C9U/

    "Madame Bovary" [1856]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary

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Anatole France [1844-1924]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_France
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Fiction-Anatole-France-ebook/dp/B003PDN5M4/

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Victor Hugo [1902-85]
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Victor-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B006H9WQDW/

      "Les Misérables" [1862 novel] by Victor Hugo [1802-85]
author entry at Wikipedia • novel entry at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1935_film) starring Fredric March & Charles Laughton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1952_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(radio) by Orson Welles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1958_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1978_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1995_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1998_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(2000_TV_miniseries)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(2012_film) of the 1980 musical
manga adaptation by Takahiro Arai [Japan 2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Classics-Miserables-Victor-Hugo/dp/1927925169/
http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Classics-Miserables-Victor-Hugo/dp/1927925150/

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Czech-born Milan Kundera [b. 1929] of France

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Gustave Henri Joseph Le Rouge [1867-1938] of France

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Maurice {Marie Émile} Leblanc [1864-1941]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia • online etexts at Project Gutenberg

"The Arsène Lupin Mysteries: 12 Novels In One Volume" for Kindle [2010] by Maurice Leblanc Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press, Ltd. [8/2010] for $1.99 {sic} includes 12 novels translated to English, with an active table of contents: ten Arsène Lupin novels: "Arsène Lupin", "Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes" {sic}, "The Confessions of Arsène Lupin", "The Crystal Stopper", "The Eight Strokes of The Clock", "813" [1910], "The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin", "The Golden Triangle: The Return of Arsène Lupin", "The Hollow Needle" [1909], and "The Teeth of The Tiger"; and two non-Lupin novels: "The Blonde Lady" and "The Secret of Sarek"

"The Works of Maurice Leblanc" for Kindle [2013] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2013] for $1.99 {sic} sixteen books in English: same contents as ebook just above, plus non-Lupin novels "The Frontier" [1911], "The Three Eyes" [1919], "The Tremendous Event" [1920], and "The Woman of Mystery"

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Gaston Leroux [1868-1927]

"The Phantom of The Opera" [1909-1910]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_The_Opera

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{Jean-Baptiste Poquelin} dit Molière [1622-73]
Molière writer credits listing [220+ titles] at Internet Movie Database
Molière {as character} credits [since 1909] at Internet Movie Database
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re_Award [est. 1987]

"Molière" feature film [France 1956] directed by Norbert Tildian, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re_(1978_film)

"Molière" [France Jan 2007, Sony USA July 2007] "A comedy treat" loosely based on two of his plays, 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' and 'Tartuffe'; Co-written & directed by Laurent Tirard; co-written by Grégoire Vigneron; starring Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Valette, Gonzague Montuel, Gilian Petrovski, Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Anne Suarez, Annelise Hesme, Luc Tremblais, Nicolas Vaude, Philippe du Janerand & Pierre Laplace Sony Pictures Home Ent. French-language/subtitles widescreen color DVD [1/2008] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

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Charles Perrault [1628-1703]
Perrault collected local children's oral folk stories that have become classic fairy tales around the Western world.

	"Classic Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault" [orig 1916] Introduction by Thomas Bodkin, 24 illustrations by Harry Clarke this edition is absent "Patient Griselda" Kindle Edition from MoRef [9/2012] for $14.51 Gill & MacMillan, Ltd. 10x7¾ hardcover [1/2013] for $22.76
	"The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault" [8 stories; 1976] New translation by Christopher Betts, classic illustrations by Gustave Doré Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [10/2009] for $7.55 Oxford Univ Press 5x7¾ pb [11/2010] for $11.06 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [10/2009] for $22.76 mis-titled: this edition has only eight stories, is absent "Donkeyskin", "The Foolish Wishes", and "Patient Griselda"
	"The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault" [ages 9 & up; 11 stories, 1993] New Translations by Nicoletta Simborowski & Neil Philip, Illustrated by Sally Holmes Clarion Books 10¼x7¾ hardcover [8/93] out of print/many used includes eleven stories: "Bluebeard", "Cinderella", "Donkeyskin", "The Fairies", "The Foolish Wishes", "Hop o' My Thumb", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Patient Griselda", "Puss-in-Boots", "The Sleeping Beauty", and "Tufty Ricky"
	"The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault" [10 stories; 2012] Introduction by Thomas Bodkin, 24 illustrations by Harry Clarke this edition is absent "Patient Griselda" Calla Editions 10x7 hardcover [9/2012] for $23.86

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{Valentin Louis Georges Eugène} Marcel Proust [1871-1922]

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Pierre-Jules Renard [1864-1910]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Renard

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poet Arthur Rimbaud [1854-91]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud

"The Time of The Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud" [] by Henry Miller

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Edmond Rostand [1868-1918]

"Cyrano de Bergerac"

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Françoise Sagan [1935-2004]

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Jean-Paul Sartre [1905-80] Page
at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

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Georges Simenon [1903-89] Page
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore

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Marie-Henri Beyle [1783-1842], known as Stendhal

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science fiction pioneer Jules Verne [1828-1905]
IMDb listing {150+ titles} • Wikipedia
http://www.lejulesverne-paris.com/ restaurant high up the Eiffel Tower

"Master Zacharias" Verne's 1854 short story
"Five Weeks In A Balloon (Cinq Semaines en Ballon)" [1863]
"A Journey To The Center of The Earth (Voyage au Centre de la Terre)" [1864]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3748
"The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Voyages et Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras)" [1866]
"In Search of The Castaways, or Captain Grant's Children (Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant)" [1867–68]
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Vingt Mille Lieues sous Les Mers)" [1870]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_The_Sea
"Around The World In Eighty Days (Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-vingts Jours)" [1873]
"The Mysterious Island (L'Île Mystérieuse)" [1875]
"Michael Strogoff (Michel Strogoff)" [1876]
"The Child of The Cavern (Les Indes Noires)" [1877]
"Off On A Comet (Hector Servadac)" [1877]
"Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon (La Jangada)" [1881]
"Robur The Conqueror, or The Clipper of The Clouds (Robur-le-Conquérant)" [1886]
"Two Years' Vacation (Deux Ans de Vacances)" [1888]
"The Carpathian Castle (Le Château des Carpathes)" [1892]
"Master of The World (Maître du Monde)" [1904], sequel to "Robur The Conqueror"
"Le Secret de Wilhelm Storitz" [written 1897, publ'd 1910]

"The Greatest/Ultimate Science Fiction Collection, Volume 1 (49 Books)" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from H&H Books [10/2009] for $2.99 Packager is confused about 'greatest' and 'ultimate', and this anthology may be neither, but 49 science fiction books and stories for three dollars is still a marvelous deal. Contains 49 works from four authors: George Allan England [1877-1937]: "The Afterglow"; "The Air Trust"; "Beyond The Great Oblivion"; "Darkness and Dawn, A Trilogy"; "The Flying Legion"; "The Last New Yorkers"; Carey Rockwell {house pseudonym at Grosset & Dunlap}: "Danger In Deep Space"; "On The Trail of The Space Pirates"; "The Revolt On Venus"; "Sabotage

In Space"; "The Space Pioneers"; "Stand By For Mars!"; "Treachery In Outer Space"; Tom Godwin [1915-80]: "-- And Devious The Line of Duty"; "Cry From A Far Planet"; "The Helpful Hand of God"; "The Nothing Equation"; "Space Prison"; and 31 books by Jules Verne: "A Journey To The Centre of The Earth"; "A Voyage In A Balloon"; "A Winter Amid The Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories"; "All Around The Moon"; "An Antarctic Mystery, or, The Sphinx of The Ice Fields"; "Around The World In 80 Days"; "Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part I: The Exploration of the World" + "Part II: The Great Navigators of The Eighteenth Century" + "Part III: The Great Explorers of The Nineteenth Century"; "Dick Sands, or, A Captain At Fifteen"; "Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon"; "The English At The North Pole, Part I of The Adventures of Captain Hatteras"; "Five Weeks In A Balloon"; "From The Earth To The Moon, and Round The Moon"; "The Fur Country, or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude"; "Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery"; "In Search of The Castaways"; "In The Year 2889"; "The Master of The World"; "Michael Strogoff, or, The Courier of The Czar"; "The Moon-Voyage"; "The Mysterious Island"; "Off On A Comet, or, Hector Servadac"; "The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love"; "Robur The Conqueror, or, The Clipper of The Clouds"; "The Secret of The Island"; "The Survivors of The Chancellor, Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passenger"; "Ticket No. 9672"; "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"; "The Underground City, or The Black Indies" (aka "The Child of The Cavern)"; and "The Waif of The Cynthia"

"Around The World" Broadway musical [May-Aug 1946]
75 performances; music by Cole Porter, staged by Orson Welles

"The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne"
cable TV series [SciFi Channel June-Dec 2000]

22-episode TV series about steampunk-style adventures of young French playwright Jules Verne and British secret agent Phileas Fogg, Fogg's cousin Rebecca, and resourceful valet Passepartout. Series created by Gavin Scott; starring Chris Demetral {as Verne}, Michael Praed, Francesca Hunt, Michel Courtemanche, Jonathan Coy; guest actors included Rene Auberjonois, John Rhys-Davies, David Warner, Michael Moriarty DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • series info at EPguides

"1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de la Santa Isabel (The Extraordinary Voyage of The Santa Isabel"
[Venezuela April 2005, USA video 2012]

Aging Jules Verne flees France and joins an Italian explorer heading up the Orinoco River in South America. Co-written & directed by Alfredo Anzola; co-written by Gustavo Michelena; starring Marco Villarubia {as Verne}, Kristin Pardo, Ronnie Nordenflycht, Elba Escobar, Julio Bustamante, Hilario Jordan & Henry Gerardo Cariban Cine Seis Ocho Spanish-language/subtitles color DVD-R [2/2012] for $18.00 full credits at IMDb

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French philosopher {François-Marie Arouet} dit Voltaire [1694-1778]
Voltaire entry at Wikipedia

visit Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's French philosopher Voltaire [1694-1778] Page

"Voltaire Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters - 60+ Works in One Volume, Illustrated" for Kindle [2016] Kindle Edition from e-artnow [3/2016] for 99¢ {sic} includes eight novels: "Candide", "The Huron", "The Man of Forty Crowns", "Micromegas", "The Princess of Babylon", "The Sage and The Atheist", "The White Bull", and "Zadig"; 15 stories; dialogues; 21 stageplays; poems collection; philosophical works: "A Philosophical Dictionary", "Letters On England", and "Treatise On Tolerance"; historical works: "Age of Louis XIV" and "The History of Peter The Great, Emperor of Russia"; letters collections; literary criticism by Lytton Strachey & Robert Green Ingersoll; and four biographies

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Émile Zola [1840-1902]
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Unexpurgated-Edition-Classics-ebook/dp/B003AZY5K8/
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Emile-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B00ACL3ESC/

"La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast)" aka "The Beast Within" [France 1890] by Émile Zola Book seventeen in Zola's popular 'Les Rougon-Macquart' series of novels; a railway engine driver battles madness that makes him want to rape & murder women. • book entry at Wikipedia English-language version edited & translated by Roger Whitehouse Kindle Edition from Penguin [2007 edition] for $12.82 Penguin Classics 7¼x5½ pb [1/2008] for $13.50 Kindle French-language Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2011] for FREE French & European Publns French-language mass pb [10/77] for $27.34

  "Germinal" – Emile Zola

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