Fantasy books from France
Recommended fantasy books (14)
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
If you are into fantasy here are some fantasy books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos EN
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When Ophelia, who can travel through mirrors, is betrothed to an influential member of a faraway clan, she journeys to the towering city of Citaceleste, where she realizes she has become a pawn in a dangerous political game.
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne EN
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Verne's classic novel of global voyaging One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.... continue
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El Principito by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ES
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Un aviador encuentra un hombrecito de una otra planeta que busca lo que es lo más importante de la vida. [An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life.].
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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne EN
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Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane’s adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a “manned” flight, one man’s dream t... continue
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Le petit prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry FR
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A small boy learns of the wonders and ironies of life during a celestial odyssey.
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Les fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle Dabos FR
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Sous son écharpe élimée et ses lunettes de myope, Ophélie cache des dons singuliers : elle peut lire le passé des objets et traverser les miroirs. Elle vit paisiblement sur l'arche d'Anima quand on la fiance à Thorn, du puissant clan des dragons. La jeune fille doit quitter sa famille et le suivre à la Citacielle, capitale flottante du pôle. A quelle fin a-t-elle était choisie ? Pourquoi doit-elle dissimuler sa véritable identité ? Sans le savoir Ophélie devient le jouet d'un complot mortel. Une héroïne inoubliable, un univers riche et foisonnant, une intrigue implacable. Découvrez le premier ... continue
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Lobster by Guillaume Lecasble EN
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'There was a Lobster-shaped hole in world literature which has now been filled by this remarkable work.' Nick Lezard in The Guardian Aboard the Titanic, Lobster watches Angelina devour his father, before being plucked out of the aquarium himself. Just as he is put in the boiling pot, the ship hits the iceberg and the pot is thrown to the floor. Lobster survives, with some changes: he finds himself sexually attracted not only to a human, but to the very human who ate his father. He gives her one life-changing orgasm before their tragic separation, following an ugly incident in one of the lifebo... continue
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Micul prinţ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry RO
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De 67 de ani, Micul prinţ v-a cucerit sufletele, devenind un mit care a captivat întreaga planetă. Un gen aparte, fiind în acelaşi timp şi poveste poetico-filosofică şi mit iniţiatic, cartea ne aduce în prim-plan valorile umane, responsabilitate şi legătură între oameni, toleranţă şi spirit de aventură. Este un titlu accesibil tuturor categoriilor de vârstă, o poveste simplă şi fermecătoare, spusă într-un limbaj simplu, dar plin de poezie. O poveste încântătoare despre copilărie, singurătate şi prietenie.