swap_horiz The Devil upon Two Sticks Alternatives

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Journey to the End of the Night

Louis-Ferdinand Celine’s *Journey to the End of the Night* chronicles the experiences of Bardamu, a former soldier adrif...

French Satire 20TH Century Dark

9.3 Excellent

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Jacques the Fatalist and His Master

Denis Diderot’s Jacques the Fatalist and His Master explores philosophical ideas through the meandering conversations of...

Travel 18TH Century Classic French

9.1 Excellent

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Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane is a French picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage, begun in 1715 and completed in lat...

18TH Century French Rogue Hero Alain Rene Lesage

9.1 Excellent

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Gil Blas

Gil Blas is a lengthy French novel by Alain-René Lesage, spanning from 1715 to 1735. This picaresque work follows the ad...

18TH Century Classic French Satire

8.9 Great

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane is a picaresque novel written by the French author Alain-René Lesage, published...

French Satire Rogue Lesage

8.8 Great

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Bel-Ami

Bel-Ami is an 1885 novel by French writer Guy de Maupassant about Georges Duroy, a former soldier who advances through P...

Classic French 19TH Century Satire

8.6 Great

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The Scholars

Wu Jingzi’s *The Scholars* offers a vivid portrayal of late 18th-century China. This picaresque novel follows a group of...

18TH Century Satire Episodic Chinese

8.6 Great

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Zadig, ou la Destinée

Zadig, ou la Destinée is a philosophical novella by Voltaire, first published in 1747. Its protagonist, Zadig, is a lear...

18TH Century French Episodic Voltaire

8.5 Great

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The Blue Flowers

"The Blue Flowers" is a comic novel by the French author Raymond Queneau, first published in 1965. The narrative alterna...

French Comic 20TH Century Episodic

8.4 Great

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Zadig

Zadig recounts the life of a wealthy Jewish prince who undergoes a series of trials and tribulations while seeking wisdo...

18TH Century French Satire Philosophical

8.3 Great

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress is a 1724 novel by the English author Daniel Defoe. Written as a first-person confession,...

18TH Century Classic Satire British

8.2 Great

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Death on Credit

Death on Credit (French: Mort à crédit) is a 1936 novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. It serves as a semi-autobiographical...

French Satire 20TH Century Dark

8.2 Great

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L'Ingénu

L'Ingénu is a French satirical philosophical tale by Voltaire, first published in 1767. It follows a Huron who arrives i...

18TH Century French Satirical Voltaire

8.2 Great

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The White Bull

The White Bull, or Le Taureau blanc, is a French philosophical tale by Voltaire, written and published in the 1770s. It...

Fantasy 18TH Century French Satire

7.2 Good

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The Indiscreet Jewels

'Les Bijoux indiscrets' (The Indiscreet Jewels) is a libertine novel written by French philosopher Denis Diderot and pub...

18TH Century French Satire Episodic

7.2 Good

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The Bachelor of Salamanca

The Bachelor of Salamanca is the English title commonly used for Alain-René Lesage's French novel Le Bachelier de Salama...

Adventure 18TH Century French Satire

6.3 Fair

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The 120 Days of Sodom

The 120 Days of Sodom is an unfinished French novel written by the Marquis de Sade in 1785. It follows four wealthy libe...

18TH Century French Episodic Libertine

6.2 Fair

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The Adventures of a Guinea

Charles Johnstone's Chrysal, or The Adventures of a Guinea, published in 1760, uses a circulating coin to connect satiri...

18TH Century Satire Episodic English

5.8 Mediocre

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The Adventures of a Bank-Note

Thomas Bridges's 1770 it-narrative follows a circulating banknote through British society, using its successive holders...

18TH Century Satire Episodic English

5.5 Mediocre

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Candide, Part II

Candide, Part II is an apocryphal 1760 French sequel to Voltaire's Candide, a picaresque satire of uncertain authorship.

Travel 18TH Century French Satire

5.2 Mediocre