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"Colas Breugnon" is a charming romance of life in Burgundy three hundred years ago. It is an "autobiographical" novel, the story being told in the first person by Colas, who reviews his fifty years of life, and describes all its joys and sorrows.
In this work, written during World War I, Rolland contrasts the destructive hatred with the joy of life, humor, and solidarity. Kola is a kind of Burgundian Falstaff or Rabelais' Gargantua – rough but noble, earthly but deeply humane.
The novel The Citadel by Scottish author Archibald Joseph Cronin, published in 1937, is one of the most influential works of the 20th century, having a powerful impact on perceptions of medical ethics and social justice.
The novel follows a doctor, Dr. van der Biltz, whose peaceful life changes when he meets a young, unpredictable and morally free girl, which plunges him into emotional chaos and a questioning of his own values.
Young Germaine lives a life filled with high ideals of love, faith, and purity. The novel follows her struggle between her noble dreams and the realities of life in French society at the end of the 19th century.
"Eugene Onegin," a novel in verse, published between 1825 and 1832, is considered one of the masterpieces of Russian literature. The story follows the life of a young nobleman, Eugene Onegin, a disillusioned and bored aristocrat in 19th-century Russia.