Francuska književnost

Trovačnica

The novel The Poisoner was published in sequels during 1876, and in book form in 1877. It is the story of a woman's struggle for happiness in the working class of Paris.

Turcaret

Učenik: Roman jednoga mladića

Paul Bourget's novel The Disciple follows Gérard, a young man under the strong influence of an intellectual mentor who introduces him to moral relativism, which gradually leads him into a tragic conflict between ideals and reality.

Ukleti pesnik: život Šarla Bodlera

A detailed biography of Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867), a pioneer of modern poetry and symbolism. Manoll explores Baudelaire's turbulent life, marked by vice and artistic genius, with an emphasis on his collection Flowers of Evil.

Ulica mračnih dućana

The novel follows Guy Rolland, a detective who suffers from amnesia and tries to discover his own identity. Through an atmospheric and introspective style, Modiano explores the themes of memory, forgetting and the search for oneself in a world that hides

U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 10: Zatočenica 2

The prisoner is a depiction of life in Albertina. The love is one-sided, but the protagonist does not have the strength to end the relationship. Bergotte and Swann die, and after an argument with Albertine, he notices one morning that she has disappeared.

U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 11: Bjegunica

In Bjegunica, the protagonist learns that Albertine died in an accident and he recreates their meetings and life in his spirit.

U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 13: Pronađeno vrijeme 2

After many years, the protagonist returns to Paris and meets faces from his youth. He becomes aware of the past and decides that the book he is going to write will be "a big cemetery" and "all his past life". Thus ends Found Time.

U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 4: U sjeni procvalih djevojaka 2 - Zavičajna imena - Zavičaj

In the Shadow of Blooming Girls, the second novel of the series In Search of Lost Time, was published in 1918 and was awarded the Goncourt Prize in 1919.

U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 5: Vojvotkinja de Guermantes 1

In Duchesse de Guermantes, the protagonist and his family move to a new apartment, part of the de Guermantes palace in Paris. He admires members of high society and finally meets the Duchesse de Guermantes and his interest in her becomes akin to love.