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!
Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for the following:
Part 1:
| Dangerous Liaisons (Choderlos de Laclos, 1782) | |
| Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian, 1947) | |
| In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust, 1908-22) | |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne, 1864) | |
| Journey to the End of the Night (Céline, 1932) |
Part 2:
| Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone de Beauvoir, 1958) | |
| My Father’s Glory (Marcel Pagnol, 1957) | |
| Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, 1938) | |
| Promise at Dawn (Romain Gary, 1960) | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, 1844) |
Part 3:
| The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire, 1857) | |
| The Imaginary Invalid (Molière, 1673) | |
| The Lover (Marguerite Duras, 1984) | |
| The Stranger (Albert Camus, 1942) | |
| The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas, 1844) |
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