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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)	Show Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian, 1947)	Show L’Écume des Jours
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust, 1908-22)	Show À la Recherche du Temps Perdu
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Jules Verne, 1864)	Show Voyage Au Centre de la Terre
Journey to the End of the Night (Céline, 1932)	Show Voyage au Bout de la Nuit

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone de Beauvoir, 1958)	Show Mémoires d’une Jeune Fille Rangée
My Father’s Glory (Marcel Pagnol, 1957)	Show La Gloire de mon Père
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, 1938)	Show La Nausée
Promise at Dawn (Romain Gary, 1960)	Show La Promesse de l’Aube
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)	Show Le Conte de Monte Cristo

The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire, 1857)	Show Les Fleurs du mal
The Imaginary Invalid (Molière, 1673)	Show Le Malade Imaginaire
The Lover (Marguerite Duras, 1984)	Show L’Amant
The Stranger (Albert Camus, 1942)	Show L’Étranger
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas, 1844)	Show Les Trois Mousquetaires

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