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3499:"The Media Business; Books Star on TV, but Only in France"
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Romance languages and literatures: why study French ?
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Voluntary and the Involuntary
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1630:("The Human Comedy", a novel cycle which includes
3546:National Literature Nobel Prize shares 1901–2009
991:In the 18th century, French became the literary
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3606:Bibliography of France § Literature
1346:Lancelot, ou le Chevalier à la charrette
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1038:French Nobel Prize in Literature winners
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3634:The Marandet Collection of French Plays
3548:by citizenship at the time of the award
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1064:Walk, Paris (France). Nobel Prize 1969.
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964:and heavily influenced principally by
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1112:(The first Nobel Prize in Literature)
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3077:Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
1748:A Journey to the Center of the Earth
1429:La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel
1185:(Irish, wrote in English and French)
1076:, Cerisy (France). Nobel Prize 1985.
938:. France ranks first on the list of
46:adding citations to reliable sources
1222:Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
3088:Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
2896:The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
974:vernacular (non-Latin) literatures
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1733:Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
1351:Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart
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3529:from the original on 2016-08-11
3480:from the original on 2020-03-31
3384:List of French language authors
3050:Meditations on First Philosophy
2007:Journey to the End of the Night
1758:Around the World in Eighty Days
607:France in the 20th century
603:French Third Republic
33:needs additional citations for
4023:Government of National Defense
3470:"Internet History Sourcebooks"
3109:François-René de Chateaubriand
1835:(a novel cycle which includes
1570:François-René de Chateaubriand
1412:The Book of the City of Ladies
1268:Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
1:
3932:Diplomatic Revolution of 1756
3927:War of the Spanish Succession
3389:List of French language poets
3279:Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve
1894:À la recherche du temps perdu
1508:Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse
1341:Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
1336:Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion
3188:Existentialism is a Humanism
3062:François de La Rochefoucauld
1743:Voyage au centre de la Terre
497:French literature Wikisource
3230:The Trouble with Being Born
3012:) and other works in French
2838:Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
2264:The Meursault Investigation
1678:The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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4413:French subdivisions by GDP
4160:2022 presidential election
4145:2017 presidential election
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1541:Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
940:Nobel Prizes in literature
656:Languages of New Caledonia
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3917:Second Hundred Years' War
3759:Liberalism and radicalism
3232:and other works in French
3120:Memoirs from Beyond Grave
2259:Meursault, contre-enquête
2239:The Map and the Territory
2234:La carte et le territoire
2002:Voyage au bout de la nuit
1657:The Count of Monte Cristo
1615:The Charterhouse of Parma
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1262:Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
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1102:Nobel Prize in Literature
1027:Nobel Prize in Literature
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956:The French language is a
927:, etc. is referred to as
575:France in the Middle Ages
409:French literary history
4188:Administrative divisions
3226:A Short History of Decay
2778:Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
2677:Le Parti Pris des Choses
2207:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1975:The Phantom of the Opera
1717:L'Éducation sentimentale
1546:Les Liaisons dangereuses
1433:Gargantua and Pantagruel
1092:, Cerisy (France), 1980.
591:Louis XIV of France
4408:Franc (former currency)
4013:Coup of 2 December 1851
3986:Long nineteenth century
3590:April 15, 2016, at the
3579:March 27, 2014, at the
3564:August 5, 2014, at the
3553:August 5, 2014, at the
3474:sourcebooks.fordham.edu
3453:April 19, 2012, at the
3434:April 19, 2016, at the
2517:Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
1404:("Romance of the Rose")
1086:contemporary literature
4428:Science and technology
4085:Provisional Government
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3628:Athena Textes Français
3504:July 25, 2016, at the
3458:University of Michigan
3394:French science fiction
3114:Genius of Christianity
2862:The Marriage of Figaro
1998:Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1899:In Search of Lost Time
1817:), other short stories
1695:Mademoiselle de Maupin
1610:La Chartreuse de Parme
1462:La Princesse de Clèves
1290:Prix Tour-Apollo Award
1214:French literary awards
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980:across the continent.
929:Francophone literature
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450:Literature by country
128:Francophone literature
3645:French Literature at
3512:, September 10, 1990.
3324:Jean-François Lyotard
3250:Discipline and Punish
3194:Being and Nothingness
3126:Alexis de Tocqueville
3083:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2934:La Cantatrice chauve'
2852:The Barber of Seville
2847:Le Barbier de Séville
2798:The Imaginary Invalid
2701:Léopold Sédar Senghor
2577:Guillaume Apollinaire
2431:Méditations poétiques
2427:Alphonse de Lamartine
2030:Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs
1970:Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
1722:Sentimental Education
1605:The Red and the Black
1503:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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1060:
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905:littérature française
284:Countries and regions
4233:World Heritage Sites
4150:Coronavirus pandemic
3657:Jean-Michel Maulpoix
3417:Notes and references
3177:The Myth of Sisyphus
3131:Democracy in America
2793:Le Malade imaginaire
2788:The School for Wives
2535:Comte de Lautréamont
2500:Théodore de Banville
2390:François de Malherbe
2295:Bernart de Ventadorn
2250:La Saison de l'ombre
2134:La vie mode d'emploi
2109:Marguerite Yourcenar
2056:La Condition Humaine
2040:Le Rivage des Syrtes
1982:Roger Martin du Gard
1663:The Three Musketeers
1523:Jacques the Fatalist
1518:Jacques le fataliste
1497:Zadig ou la Destinée
1381:, also known as the
1320:La Chanson de Roland
1296:Prix des Deux Magots
1178:(declined the prize)
1146:Roger Martin du Gard
936:literature of Europe
806:World Heritage Sites
42:improve this article
4742:European literature
4371:Automotive industry
4155:2021 labor protests
3912:Peace of Westphalia
3780:History of Normandy
3775:History of Brittany
3559:by country of birth
3211:Claude Lévi-Strauss
3094:The Social Contract
3056:Discourse on Method
3023:Michel de Montaigne
2546:Une Saison en Enfer
2396:Jean de La Fontaine
2120:Alain Robbe-Grillet
1868:Les Faux-monnayeurs
1832:Les Rougon-Macquart
1789:Joris-Karl Huysmans
1673:Notre-Dame de Paris
1600:Le Rouge et le Noir
1457:Madame de Lafayette
1392:Guillaume de Lorris
909:languages of France
579:Early Modern France
271:Short story writers
246:Writers by category
57:"French literature"
4438:Telecommunications
4140:2015 Paris attacks
4003:Revolution of 1848
3831:Visigothic Kingdom
3510:The New York Times
3268:Literary criticism
3200:Simone de Beauvoir
3166:Creative Evolution
3152:Histoire de France
3071:Jean de la Bruyère
2993:En attendant Godot
2885:Cyrano de Bergerac
2783:L'École des femmes
2470:Charles Baudelaire
2447:Les Contemplations
2230:Michel Houellebecq
2124:Dans le labyrinthe
2114:Mémoires d'Hadrien
2045:The Opposing Shore
1873:The Counterfeiters
1773:Germinie Lacerteux
1627:La Comédie humaine
1408:Christine de Pizan
1364:Tristan and Iseult
1332:Chrétien de Troyes
1325:The Song of Roland
1298:– created in 1933.
1286:– created in 1926.
1270:– created in 1957.
1264:– created in 1987.
1246:– created in 1989.
1196:J. M. G. Le Clézio
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1012:Institut de France
1004:Académie française
583:Ancien Régime
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4286:Human rights
4269:presidential
4113:Algerian War
4096:Contemporary
4070:Vichy France
4065:World War II
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3968:First Empire
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