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Anatole France spent his childhood around his father's bookstore in France. As an adult he became a librarian and author. This novel written in 1881 looks back at the 18^th century as a perfect time. Sylvestre Bonnard was a skeptical scholar whose character was based on the author. Bonnard runs ... More

Books are missing from the archbishop's shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman's guardian angel, has been educating himself. Immersion in works of philosophy and science has convinced Arcade that God is a cruel tyrant. Revolution is the ... More

When her true love is abducted by mysterious creatures, a girl must summon the strength to save him From the moment they met as young children, Bee and George have been bound together by a deep love. But when George goes off on a quest to a forbidden lake, home to dangerous water nymphs, it is up to... More

It is April 1793 and the final power struggle of the French Revolution is taking hold: the aristocrats are dead and the poor are fighting for bread in the streets. In a Paris swept by fear and hunger lives Gamelin, a revolutionary young artist appointed magistrate, and given the power of life and de... More

With its Late Romantic emphasis on passion and beauty, "The Red Lily" is very much a novel of its time (the 1890s). The settings are contemporary Paris and Florence. The people are rich, cultured, and fashionable: Parisian socialites, aristocrats, artists, and politicians. At the heart of the book i... More

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When a bumbling holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the animals with souls and their formerly peaceful community declines into a maelstrom of violence and sin. This witty allegory lampoons French history from ancient to modern times, taking satirical swipes at socialists, r... More

A Very French Christmas is the second in New Vessel Press's Very Christmas Series, aimed at bringing English language readers some of the best holiday stories from around the world. The collections include forgotten gems, unearthed classics, stories that are translated for the first time ever, and e... More

Joyeux Noeuml;l: &“[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France&’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.&” ―Foreword Reviews   This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphon... More

Classic ghost stories of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, and others.In 1920, acclaimed author and editor Dorothy Scarborough collected what she believed to be the finest ghost stories of her time. Her quintessential anthology Famous Modern Ghost Storie... More

pubOne. info present you this new edition. "Work crowned by the French Academy" is a significant line borne by the title-page of the original edition of Messieurs Cerfberr and Christophe's monumental work. The motto indicates the high esteem in which the French authorities hold this very necessary... More

pubOne. info present you this new edition. LA BASTIE (Monsieur, Madame and Mademoiselle de). (See Mignon. )... More