French fiction -- Translations into English books

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic melodrama that intertwines horror, musical intrigue, and Parisian…

Eloisa: or, A series of original letters

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Eloisa, or, A Series of Original Letters is an epistolary work by Jean‑Jacques Rousseau that unfolds as a…

Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2)

Théophile Gautier

Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1, is Théophile Gautier’s early French romance, originally issued in two…

The Red Lily — Complete

Anatole France

The Red Lily is a multi‑part French novel by Anatole France, presented here in English translation.

Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

The volume gathers the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant, presented here in English translation.

The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories

Guy de Maupassant

The volume opens with a first‑person narrator who, after a year’s hiatus, feels a sudden compulsion to return…

The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories

Guy de Maupassant

The volume gathers Guy de Maupassant’s most celebrated short stories and his first novel, Une Vie, presented…

The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.

Guy de Maupassant

The eighth volume of Guy de Maupassant’s collected works gathers a series of his French short stories…

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket

Honoré de Balzac

Balzac’s short story “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” is a vivid slice of early‑nineteenth‑century…

Father Goriot

Honoré de Balzac

Short story classics (Foreign), Vol. 5, French II

Against the Grain

J.-K. Huysmans

Toilers of the sea

Victor Hugo

Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 1: French

Eugenie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac

Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume

Voltaire

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life

Honoré de Balzac

The Lesser Bourgeoisie

Honoré de Balzac

Cousin Betty

Honoré de Balzac

Sarrasine

Honoré de Balzac

The Girl with the Golden Eyes

Honoré de Balzac

The Works of Honoré de Balzac: About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and Other Stories

Honoré de Balzac

Stories in yellow, black, white, blue, violet and red

Remy de Gourmont

The Revolt of the Angels

Anatole France