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French for Literature

What Are the Titles of Classic Novels in French and English?

In this lesson, we learn the translations and titles of classic French novels.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

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Vocabulary from the Video (Parts 1 to 3)

Dangerous Liaisons (Choderlos de Laclos, 1782)	[showhide type = ‘links1′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Les Liaisons Dangereuses[/showhide]
Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian, 1947)	[showhide type = ‘links2′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]L’Écume des Jours[/showhide]
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust, 1908-22)	[showhide type = ‘links3′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]À la Recherche du Temps Perdu[/showhide]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne, 1864)	[showhide type = ‘links4′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Voyage Au Centre de la Terre[/showhide]
Journey to the End of the Night (Céline, 1932)	[showhide type = ‘links5′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Voyage au Bout de la Nuit[/showhide]

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone de Beauvoir, 1958)	[showhide type = ‘links6′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rangée[/showhide]
My Father’s Glory (Marcel Pagnol, 1957)	[showhide type = ‘links7′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]La Gloire de mon Père[/showhide]
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, 1938)	[showhide type = ‘links8′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]La Nausée[/showhide]
Promise at Dawn (Romain Gary, 1960)	[showhide type = ‘links9′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]La Promesse de l’Aube[/showhide]
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)	[showhide type = ‘links10′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Le Conte de Monte Cristo[/showhide]

The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire, 1857)	[showhide type = ‘links11′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Les Fleurs du mal[/showhide]
The Imaginary Invalid (Molière, 1673)	[showhide type = ‘links12′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Le Malade Imaginaire[/showhide]
The Lover (Marguerite Duras, 1984)	[showhide type = ‘links13′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]L’Amant[/showhide]
The Stranger (Albert Camus, 1942)	[showhide type = ‘links14′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]L’Étranger[/showhide]
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)	[showhide type = ‘links15′ more_text=’Show’ less_text=’Hide’]Les Trois Mousquetaires[/showhide]

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