List: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde
The 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde list, compared with 12 other equally fantastic lists of classic books.
The Stranger
Albert Camus
Mother died today. (Stuart Gilbert translation)Maman died today. (Matthew Ward translation)Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
For a long time, I would go to bed early. [Fr., Longtemps, je me suis couche de bonne heure.]
The Trial
Franz Kafka
Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet.
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Once when I was six years old I saw a beautiful picture in a book about the primeval forest called "True Stories".
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees.
The Wanderer
Alain-Fournier
He appeared at our house on a Sunday in November 189... (Davison translation)
Froth on the Daydream
Boris Vian
Dans la vie, l'essentiel est de porter sur tout des jugements a priori.Colin finished dressing.
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