Project Gutenberg 2011-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 126 Wilkinson, William Cleaver 1833 1920 Wilkinson, W. C. (William Cleaver) French Classics Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. French literature -- Froissart -- Rabelais -- Montaigne -- La Rochefoucauld (la Bruyère; Vauvenargues) -- La Fontaine -- Molière -- Pascal -- Madame de Sévigné -- Corneille -- Racine -- Bossuet, Bourdaloue, Massillon, Saurin -- Fénelon -- Le Sage -- Montesquieu, Tocqueville -- Voltaire -- Rousseau (St. Pierre) -- The Encyclopædists -- Madame de Stael -- Chateaubriand -- Béranger -- Lamartine -- The Group of 1830 -- Joubert (Swetchine; Amiel) -- Epilogue. Produced by Marius Masi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "French Classics" by William Cleaver Wilkinson is a literary analysis and collection written in the early 20th century. This work aims to introduce readers, particularly those versed exclusively in the English language, to the richness of French literature through selected extracts from its key authors. The volume presents significant French literary figures whose works have remained influential, covering genres from historical narratives to essays and novels. The opening of the text lays the groundwork for an exploration of French literature, tracing its evolution and diversity. Wilkinson emphasizes the complexity of curating a selection from a living body of literature, distinguishing it from the more finite Greek and Latin traditions. He introduces the importance of the chosen authors, including historical figures like Froissart, and sets the expectation that the subsequent chapters will provide insights into their contributions, styles, and the cultural impact of their works on both literature and society at large. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36174/36174-h/images/cover.jpg en French literature -- History and criticism PQ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 848919 848922 2024-10-15T10:52:18.328575 2023-09-16T04:12:34.466085 text/html text/html 851695 2011-05-20T10:14:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 364483 2011-05-20T10:14:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 387456 2024-10-15T10:52:31.782515 application/epub+zip 400688 2024-10-15T10:52:20.741559 application/epub+zip 400688 2024-10-15T10:52:19.577599 application/epub+zip 636247 2024-10-15T10:52:39.324981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599073 2024-10-15T10:52:30.424544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587414 2022-09-16T13:53:02.653395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 753190 753088 2024-10-15T10:52:16.391600 2023-09-16T04:12:32.748124 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 752314 2011-05-20T10:13:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 294816 2011-05-20T10:14:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 752430 2011-05-20T10:13:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 294491 2011-05-20T10:14:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21713 2024-10-15T10:52:39.487114 application/rdf+xml 15401 2024-10-15T10:52:19.717574 image/jpeg 2333 2024-10-15T10:52:19.647571 image/jpeg 363481 2024-10-15T10:52:18.401586 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia