Francuska književnost

Francuska mesalina

The French Messalina (1789), an erotic novel by an anonymous author, a satirical pamphlet against courtly decadence before the Revolution. The themes are libertinism, criticism of the aristocracy, and the sexual power of women. With an introduction by Jea

Francuski klasicisti

Gargantua

The birth, childhood, upbringing and warlike exploits of the giant Gargantua: a satire on scholasticism, wars, monasticism and society, with grotesque humour, enormous eating/drinking and utopian ideals.

Gargantua i Pantagruel

Rabelais' masterpiece, a five-book novel cycle that follows the adventures of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Vinaver, known for his linguistic virtuosity, masterfully conveys Rabelais's lavish humor, juicy swear words, and layered wordplay.

Germanin ideal

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.

Germinal

A novel that represents the pinnacle of literary creation by one of the most significant representatives of naturalism in literature.

Golicave priče

Tickling Stories is a collection of humorous, satirical, and erotically inflected short stories that, through entertaining anecdotes, expose the hypocrisy, passions, and flaws of French society, as well as the human tendency toward lust and intrigue.

Golicave priče

Tickling Stories consists of 30 short stories divided into three "decades" (décamérons), modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron.

Gospođa Bovari

Gospođa Bovary

The novel follows the life of Emma Bovary, a young woman trapped in the monotony of provincial life and her own romantic illusions. Flaubert criticizes romantic ideals and social hypocrisy, showing the tragic consequences of Emma's escape from reality.