View Poll Results: Please vote for the French book you would like to read in May by May 1st!

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  • Papillon

    8 18.60%

  • The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

    4 9.30%

  • Ninety Three

    2 4.65%

  • Madame Bovary

    7 16.28%

  • Candide

    10 23.26%

  • The Red and the Black

    5 11.63%

  • A Woman's Life

    1 2.33%

  • Gargantua and Pantagruel

    2 4.65%

  • The Lover

    0 0%

  • Wall

    4 9.30%
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Thread: May / France Reading Poll

  1. 03-01-2008, 08:40 PM #1
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    May / France Reading Poll

    In May 2008, we will be reading a book by a French author.

    Please nominate the books you would like to read

    (one nomination per member, please)

    by March 31st.

    * Only those books which are available on amazon in English will be included in our poll. *

    Note: Only the first 10 books will be included in the poll.

    *** The poll is open now! ***

    Please vote by May 1st!

    Some information on the books:

    Papillon by Henri Charriere

    The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Hugo

    Ninety Three by Victor Hugo

    Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

    Candide by Voltaire

    The Red and the Black by Stendhal

    A Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant

    Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais

    The Lover by Margurite Duras

    The Wall by Sartre
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  2. 03-01-2008, 08:47 PM #2
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    Gargantua and Pantagruel, but then which books would be to determine. I suggest 1 and 2 or all of them.
    Last edited by Etienne; 03-01-2008 at 10:47 PM.
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  3. 03-01-2008, 08:54 PM #3
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    I would like to nominate Papillon by Henri Charriere.
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  4. 03-01-2008, 11:24 PM #4
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    I nominate Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne (the link directs to a book with both Around the World in Eighty Days and Five Weeks in a Balloon).
    com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity

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  5. 03-01-2008, 11:34 PM #5
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    Hmm I've been thinking in changing my nomination for Jules Verne's Family Without a Name... actually I'll stick to my previous nomination but if anyone nominates that one, I'll probably vote for it.
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  6. 03-02-2008, 06:51 AM #6
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    My nomination is: The Empire of Darkness by the author and egyptologist Christian Jacq.
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  7. 03-02-2008, 07:13 AM #7
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    i nominate Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
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  8. 03-02-2008, 06:42 PM #8
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    Asked the french guy in work to recommend a book so i could nominate it. So this is it. not sure if its been done lately.
    Candide by Voltaire
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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  9. 03-02-2008, 07:04 PM #9
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    I would nominate The Red and the Black by Stendhal
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  10. 03-02-2008, 07:33 PM #10
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    my nomination: A Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant.

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  11. 03-02-2008, 07:50 PM #11
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    Nominations so far:

    1. Papillon by Henri Charriere

    2. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne

    3. The Empire of Darkness by Christian Jacq

    4. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

    5. Candide by Voltaire

    6. The Red and the Black by Stendhal

    7. A Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant

    8. Gargantua and Pantagruel
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  12. 03-02-2008, 07:56 PM #12
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    I've been advocating this little novel for a long time. It's a fine read. The Lover by Margurite Duras. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Amant
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  13. 03-02-2008, 08:04 PM #13
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    Oh and if you need to add the author, Gargantua and Pantagruel is by Rabelais heh.
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  14. 03-02-2008, 08:34 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    Asked the french guy in work to recommend a book so i could nominate it. So this is it. not sure if its been done lately.
    Candide by Voltaire
    An excellent book, in my opinion.
    com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity

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  15. 03-02-2008, 09:02 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dori View Post
    An excellent book, in my opinion.
    One of the best
    Et l'unique cordeau des trompettes marines

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