American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (Project)

Renée Mauperin by Edmond de Goncourt( )

2 editions published in 1876 in French and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Restless house by Émile Zola( )

2 editions published in 1964 in French and held by 61 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Systematically exposing the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of adulteries and betrayals, a veritable 'melting pot' of moral and sexual degeneracy. This new translation captures the robustness of Zola's language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions

The masterpiece by Émile Zola( )

2 editions published in 1928 in French and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who has come from the provinces to conquer Paris but is conquered instead by the flaws of his own genius. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It provides a unique insight into Zola's career as a writer and his relationship with Cezanne, a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence. It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemian world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despite the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public

Money by Émile Zola( )

2 editions published in 1927 in French and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings in the Middle East lead to the establishment of a powerful new bank and speculation on the stock market; Saccard meanwhile conducts his love life as energetically as he does his business, and his empire is seemingly unstoppable. Saccard, last encountered in The Kill (La Curee) in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, is a complex figure whose story intricately intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press. The repercussions of his dealings on all levels of society resonate disturbingly with the financial scandals of more recent times. This is the first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in English. The edition includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful historical notes

De la religion : considérée dans les rapports avec l'ordre politique et civil by Félicité Robert de Lamennais( )

2 editions published in 1825 in French and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aphrodite : ancient manners by Pierre Louÿs( )

2 editions published in 1932 in French and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new translation of two lesbian tales--Aphrodite and Songs of Bilitis--bestsellers in the last century. They were last translated in 1913 using ambiguous terms appropriate for the times. The new translation tells it like it is

Isabelle by André Gide( )

2 editions published in 1961 in French and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Isabelle -- The pastoral symphony

No tomorrow = Point de lendemain by Vivant Denon( Book )

2 editions published in 1984 in French and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Point de lendemain (No Tomorrow) is the English translation of a French 18th century masterpiece, Point de Lendemain by Dominique Vivant Denon. Written in 1777 and re-edited in 1812, Point de Lendemain is a record of the initiation of a young man and a member of a secret society. Giovanna Summerfield's preface and notes will offer a new way of reading Point de Lendemain, marginalizing the triviality of sex and the love triangle, which has been thus far seen as a physical need rather than as an expression of supremacy and challenge of God. This tale of seduction is itself a seduction, with a plot that could be said to slowly unveil itself before arriving at last at an unexpected consummation. Summoned by Madame de T---- to her country house, the young hero of Denon's novella is taken on a tour of the grounds, only the beginning of a night that not only will be full of unanticipated delights but will give rise to unforeseen, perhaps unanswerable, questions. Lydia Davis's definitive translation of Denon's slim masterpiece is accompanied by the French text. Peter Brooks's illuminating introduction explores the mysteries of "No Tomorrow"'s original publication and the subtleties of Denon's ethics of pleasure

Margot la Ravaudeuse by Louis Charles Fougeret de Monbron( )

2 editions published in 1965 in French and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Analyse : Roman érotique

Entretien d'un pere by Denis Diderot( )

2 editions published in 1984 in French and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide