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The French shelf
Ten French books in order, from Rabelais to the Little Prince. Laughter first, then the barricades, then a rose.
The works, in reading order
- 1. Gargantua and Pantagruel François Rabelais · 1532 to 1564
- 2. Essays Michel de Montaigne · 1580
- 3. Tartuffe Molière · 1664 to 1669
- 4. Phèdre Jean Racine · 1677
- 5. Candide Voltaire · 1759
- 6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo · 1831
- 7. Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert · 1857
- 8. Les Misérables Victor Hugo · 1862
- 9. The Stranger Albert Camus · 1942
- 10. The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943
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Illustrations are created with AI assistance. Summaries are written with AI and reviewed by the editor. Book metadata comes from Wikidata and Open Library.