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The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English. Featuring grand epics of love, loss, and survival, as in Les Miserables, to tales of adventure in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and romances such as Madame Bovary, alongside many more grand stories from 17th, 18th, and 19th century France, this collection will whisk you away into other worlds with some of the greatest characters in literature within some of the greatest novels ever written.

In the tradition of his very popular Candide, Zadig is what might be called a "philosophical tale." Zadig, a handsome young man with a fine education, is puzzled by the uncertainties of his destiny. He attains great success in government but is unsuccessful in love. Despite his wisdom and shrewdness, he meets with a number of misfortunes. The central question of the story is, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

"C'est la vie: Große französische Romane und Erzählungen" - ungekürzt! Französische Literatur - das ist seit jeher ein besonderer Blick auf unsere Welt und darauf, wie das Leben ist. Leidenschaftliche, ja unsterbliche Liebe, philosophischer Humor, erotische Abenteuerlust und Spaß am Spiel sind die Hauptthemen der großen Box: zeitlose Unterhaltung mit Esprit. Mit dabei: "Die Frau von dreißig Jahren" (Balzac), "Die Kameliendame" (Dumas), "Candide" (Voltaire), "Erotische Meisterwerke" (Maupassant), "In 80 Tagen um die Welt" (Verne).

Ready yourself for this carefully crafted collection of quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen! Featuring world-famous playwrights, philosophers, activists, Presidents and physicists, from Churchill and Shakespeare to Gandhi and Einstein, this is an entertaining and inspiring compilation covering everything from Ancient Rome to modern-day Britain.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The City of Lights may be one of the glories of the world but for those whose three score and ten have passed it is the final resting place for some of the very finest of literary talents.