Galileo was not "put to death" as the narrator states. He was sentenced to house arrest and died naturally.

I hope that this was a labour of love because it certainly required a tremendous effort to put it together, especially when you add the graphics. The only writer I would have liked to see on this list is ‘Racine’ who I think is up there with Moliere, except that he wrote tragedies. Many thanks and stay prolific.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I always eagerly read you comment after every video to see if I have done a good job or not. I really value your opinion, Sharon. The name rings a bell, but I haven't read anything by Racine. Will check him/her out.

@sharontheodore8216

2 жыл бұрын

I feel humiliated for considering my opinions because passing a judgment does not really require a skill. I must say that you have progressed so much from the first video you posted. By the way, I also recommend Andre Gide (only if you have time). I wonder if you have considered selling those videos to schools because I think that they will be helpful to the students. Thanks again and stay safe.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You’ve been with me on this journey for the very start so I value you sticking around. Selling to schools, yes I’d be interested but two things. First I don’t know how to. Second I’m not sure these are high quality enough to sell. It would be nice to get make some money to cover the cost of books. But I’m very fulfilled seeing people enjoy or learn something.

@sharontheodore8216

2 жыл бұрын

I am going to venture and suggest something. You can approach either the schools directly or the educational bodies like Pearson, OCR and AQA. What I really like about your videos, especially the latest ones, is that they provide an in-depth summary of the novel along with background details supported by the graphics. In 10-15 minutes I can enrich myself. I think this will help students to read critically or analytically. I did question in my head how you can afford the time and money to do it and I reached the conclusion that it must be part of a degree you are aspiring to. Since this is not the case, I would like to contribute to your endeavour. Apologies for this long reply.

@sharontheodore8216

2 жыл бұрын

I just responded to you about how you can market your videos. I am not sure if it reached you. let me know.

Little Prince and Count of Monte Cristo are my Fave French novels and Alexander Dumas is my fave French novelist. Albert Camus my fave French poet. Thanks for sharing very educational...

Thank you for the suggestions. Expecting more

I am from India. I studied FRENCH for 13 years at school. I have read almost all the books You mention. Merci Beaucoup.

The passage you put from The Journey to the End of the Night is my favorite quote from the novel. The character of Alcide at the beginning is described as a bad person, like everyone else the protagonist meets. But Ferdinand discovers that he has a part of "beauty and kindness in him" for a niece he has almost never seen. It's a very touching moment in a dark and cruel novel.

Keep it up man i love these vids so much

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for your great work, generally. I was a bit disappointed that you didn't include André Gide into the list.

Just for talking points: "Jean-Christophe" by Romain Rolland was perhaps the most popular French novel among Chinese translations. Probably it's the "good over evil" theme and traditional story-telling style that have rung the bell. It could be Fiction Beast that once said Romain Rolland was not Proust's cup of tea.

'In Search of Lost Time' is my all-time favorite novel, but 'Le Grand Meaulnes' is my second-favorite.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

Very good list! Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand definitely should be up there. Memoirs of Hadrien by Marguerite Yourcenar is too often forgotten, but should be mentionned.

@alexandreroudaut3418

5 ай бұрын

Marguerite Yourcenar is an IMMENSE artist, the Abyss is one of my favorites, such a complex and deep novel. It is a shame she wasn't mentioned there.

01:49 - I get it’s a generalisation but France definitely hasn’t allowed people to write more freely due to freedom of speech laws. A large part of the history of French literature is a history of censorship. Prolific authors often published their works in countries such as the Netherlands due to freer freedom of speech laws and major works often saw revisions or cuts in order to be accepted amongst the current political landscape. It would be pretty compelling to argue that these constraints have shaped the French novel, notably given the historical focus on the individual in relation to society in these works

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Just as an example, Madame Bovary was published in 1850s and approved by court, while Lady Chatterley's Lover written by an English writer was published in France in 1929, and only published in England in 1960. Another example, Marcel Proust wrote about and practiced homosexuality, but in England, Oscar Wilde spent two years in jail in 1890s and Turing went to jail in 1950s. I guess I should have made it clear that France has been a far more liberal country for artists than England.

This video was really great. I love Flaubert and LaClos. I read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame this year. I would say that Les Miz is the most important novel ever written.

"Russian litterature is a massive punch in the face" is probably the most accurate definition of russian litterature I've ever heard. Excellent selection of novels by the way, for any foreigner wanting to start reading french litterature. Only classics.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

It wakes you up to the harsher reality of life

I feel Jules Verne should be on the list of greatest French writers. He is one of the key founders of Modern science fiction writing classics like 20 000 leagues under the Sea or Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

good call!

@Big-guy1981

Жыл бұрын

You want to include children books?

@maximusrondulus

Жыл бұрын

@@Big-guy1981 well, Perrault, La Fontaine, Anderson, Carroll, St-Exupéry, De Ségur, Béatrix Potter, A.A. Milne and even Tolkien wrote book for children and they are classics. So yes, we should!

Great list! I do miss Montaigne.

Great video thank u very very very much ❤❤❤❤❤

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

A world opens up to me. Thank you.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

awesome.

Thanks for running this series. A request - it would be great if you could make a few videos on Native American literature. You could also dig into Wild West stories. I was an avid reader of Old West fiction during 1980s. I didn’t understand at that time, but when I think about those stories now, I find that there was a tendency among the Wild West authors to demonize Native American characters. Well, this is my thinking; yours could be different. Warm regards…

@ireneuszpyc6684

Жыл бұрын

in the 1980s the politics of the West has changed: white man became the devil, and brown people - the good guys; the novel Dances With Wolves was published in 1988, and filmed by Kevin Costner in 1990 (it does not demonise Amerindians)

Great video. The content was spot on. But when it comes to Dumas, I recommend The Count of Monte Cristo over the three Musketeers.

Thank you! I envy your knowledge.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you

You reminded me about how much literature I've read. Merci. Wonderful stories. Meaning of life? Camus was right. We really seek meaningful experiences to sustain us.

I love your 'great novels from a country' videos, I learn a lot. Houellebecq's 'Submission' is a deep read. Narrating the death of France's freedom and democracy using a professor who resembles Camus's Meursault. The premise and plot are sorealistic, reflecting 21st century French politics and culture, that he's convinced me that it's a probable outcome.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ireneuszpyc6684

Жыл бұрын

it's not deep: it's being criticised a lot these days - its target audience is Marine Le Pen-voting working class

Great video (it's the fourth one i've watched in a row in the airport), but my god the french pronunciations 😂🤗

thank yo so much for creating this content , what's that place at 0:33?

Once you have covered Western literature maybe you can also present us with Persian , Turkish, Arabic, Chinese , Indian subcontinent and African literature?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of content from those languages. Just search for them.

@Vesnicie

Жыл бұрын

Nah. Why the omnipresent expectation that a presenter with a particular viewpoint must somehow be everything to everyone? It's good that he has an identifiable focus, namely a Eurocentric one with special attention on Russia and France. There's nothing wrong with that, nor does it need expanding. He doesn't disregard the literature of other places, but it doesn't constitute the lion's share of his videos either. That's a very intelligent and humble approach that I think would be well adopted by other content creators.

@2msvalkyrie529

Жыл бұрын

! ! ? ! Yeah , he's got nothing else to do . Maybe he could come up with a cure for cancer in his spare time ?

Awesome video! Nowadays French literature is only focused on the political spectrum of debates (Foucault, Derrida, Baudrillard), so it's very refreshing to be enlightened about the French classics. Great videos, and also you have a good sense of humor too! "If novelists were hairdressers you'd want a haircut by Flaubert" 😂 Great job, keep it up!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate mate! a big video on Flaubert is coming soon.

The only author I can think of that appears to be missing is Sartre; Nausea is one of the major French classics I think. I can understand excluding Marquis de Sade...

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on! I considered Nausea then decided it was too difficult to read and opted for Albert Camus's The Stranger. I haven't read Marquis de Sade, but an excellent choice to show the rebelliousness of the French literature.

@davida.rosales6025

2 жыл бұрын

Because he was not a good writer. He is piquant and daring, but the writing itself is reall, really dull and unartistic. In romance languages, the notion of writing artistry and balance is quite important. In English literature this notion disappeared as that world chose James Joyce over Ezra Pound. After that, political posture has been more important in English than refinement --- discussions on English now deny the existence of good literature (and the Romance Languages roll on the floor laughing)

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

I disagree about De Sade as it really isn't morally questionable when you consider the context...I would argue if you can include Celine & journey then De Sade is only omitted for creators view on his quality and not for any moral reasons

Hello sir 🙏 I have watched all your videos and I m really amazed that you had provided me a good number of reviews regarding the novels and the literature📚 of the particular cultures. I am really very happy 😊 to have a lot of ideas about the novels now. A big thanks to you. And keep up the good work. Waiting for the upcoming videos.....

Hi! Could you link me where you bought the “In Search of Lost Time” series? I can’t seem to find any version I like on Amazon or eBay.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I bought them a while back from Amazon. You have to buy them individually. Here is the link to the first volume. amzn.to/3tfyodA

Excellent video as always ! Small disclaimer les liaisons dangereuses is the correspondence about a woman and a man not 2 mens about seduction =) .

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Good point! I read this a while back. My memory is hazy, but i remember two aristocrats (two men) were trying to compete as who would seduce more (difficult) women. Yes, i remember the letters between men and women, but the main plot revolves around these two men and their lovers.

@majdoulineelaasemi1559

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Oh, I understand your point now . Thank you for the clarification =). And keep up the excellent work !!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate feedback like yours. I don’t always get things right despite my best effort. So need your help to point out my mistakes.

Albert Camus's great,but Guy de Maupassant is my instant fave. .

my favorite Honore de Balzac-Lily of the Valley

hi, are you have any recommendation of french novels about travelling or vacation?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Are you asking for a novel to read on vacation or the subject matter being traveling? Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days might be a good one.

quote from les miserables is in the first or second page.;)

Anything by Jules Verne is an automatic 10 out of 10 for me

Hi! I wanna ask what Guy de Maupassant Translation do you read? I'm trying to get into him

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I don’t remember. It has been a while.

@vincentandrew4544

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast ah okay, thanks

The Surrealists are some of my favorite French writers; Breton's Nadja is my favorite. Alfred Jarry is another essential author.

Celine!!! Yes... We have much in common, Blaise Cendrars? Film... Robert Bresson...?

Great video, love french literature, Proust is my favorite author as well. Just one complain, why you had to spoil Perec's whole plot like that:(

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yes I love Proust. Sorry about Perec. Still worth reading though.

@liquidpebbles7475

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast yeah and I already forgot the spoiler so it's good. Read les choses and loved it so I'll be reading more Perec

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

This was my first Perec. Def want to read more so will check out le choses.

In my opinion there are two important works missing. The first one is "Jacques, le fataliste" by Diderot, which is a kind of "the other side of the coin" of "Candide" ( and, in my opinion, a better novel). The other one should be some novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, who is the greatest "classic" French writer of the XXth century, the "Flaubert" of the past century ( Ithink). My personal favourites are some of her "nouvelles" ("Le coup de grâce","Anna, soror", "Un homme obscur") but a more "mainstream" choice could be "Mémoires d´Hadrien", one of the best, if not the best historical novels ever written.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've really read any of the French classics. I do have a collection of Baudelaire's poetry, though.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

It's time you read some french classics with some cheese and wine. my mouth is watering just writing this comment. lol

Extraordinaria labor, me hubiese gustado ver a Alejandro Dumas Jr y su dama de las Camelias en la lista.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Depends of period of my life; when I was child, me and all the people from my country, number 1 was Al Dumas with The three musqetieres!😂 The rest I red when I was young; now I cant say what is my favorite ( I’m iver 60!)

Which French novels do you think deserved to be on this list? Which novels did I miss?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t heard any of these. Clearly I need to read to more French. Thanks so much!

@randymoore4027

2 жыл бұрын

The Mysteries of Paris (Eugene Sue), although a play: Cyrano de Bergerac (Rostand)

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

Most importanrly A Rebours or Against Nature by Joris Karl Huysmans- even if you struggle with the style in terms of exemplifying decadence it has no rival Cousine Bette by Balzac, Trilby By George Du Maurier The Iron King (i've oinly started and not read whole series but is brilliant) from LE Roix Maldits by Druon

@declanm6887

Жыл бұрын

I feel Jules Verne should be on the list of greatest French writers. He is one of the key founders of Modern science fiction writing classics like 20 000 leagues under the Sea or Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

Boris Vian is one of my favorites

George sand , l love this woman and her relationship with Chopin

Hi, I am french and have read most of french littérature. I must say that for me best authors are Albert Cohen "solal" and "belle du seigneur" and Georges Bernanos "sous le soleil de satan" and "journal d'un curé de campagne".

The Germinal is seriously dark

I thougth you would include jean cocteau as one of them, I want to know the opinion of yours though.

Wish I had this for Spanish but this is interesting

I think "Emile" by Rousseau is missing.

Elie Faure is so underrated

you pretty much covered the waterfront with this sampling.

Dangerous Liaisons is mainly about a man and a woman's duel, and it is not about their attempt to seduce as many partners as they can. Watch either of the movies, Valmont is the other. And I did read the novel.

4:26 pm 6june/9thrzdi/2022 5120 st. charles...miltonlatter branch....

you didn't mention the Marquis de Sade.

The Fall.

I read Candide.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a good one.

1 Galelleo was not executed, he was placed under house arrest, where he continued his scientific investigations. 2 he was punished not for his beliefs but instead for publishing a dialogue, in Italian, which the common people could read and have read to them, instead of Latin, that mocked the Church's teachings.

My Favoriten is Victor Hugo

Ah it's a shame Marguerite Yourcenar wasn't included... did you have time to read some of her work ? I would dare to say it is comparable to Proust's work in term of complexity and deepness.

Balzac

The Little Prince is an absolute masterpiece.

@mmsmar

7 ай бұрын

After reading Citadela, I was not able to accept Little Prince anymore...

This is a great help, but maybe in the future don’t tell us the ending of the novels?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I noticed it late.

desiderius erasmus gargantua pantagruel misanthrope Voltaire (eldorodo) pierre stendhal George sand pere goirat Alexander dumas gustav flaubert victor hugo guy de m (bel-ami) emile zola alain founier louis Ferdinand le petit prince Gigi geogres perec the lover by mar duras

Shakespeare is the Molière of England.

Great abstract but are you sure Galileo wwas finally put to death?

@danielosetromera2090

Жыл бұрын

That's right, Galileo was not put to death, it's a myth. Quite shocking to see this belief in a cultivated man, frankly.

@rameyzamora1018

Жыл бұрын

You're right, as others have noted Galileo was threatened with trial for heresy & shown the instruments of torture which convinced him to submit to a form of house arrest for the rest of his life. He continued his scientific studies until the end & wrote books on physics that Einstein greatly admired.

Rousseau, Diderot, Sartre?

Italy Dante English Shakespeare France ?? Moliere? Germany Goethe

@ciaociao8337

9 ай бұрын

Victor Hugo.

Anatole France is missing, his History of Our Own Times trumps many other French novels

Galileo was not put to death for his beliefs.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

No? I thought he was put to death becuase he challenged the church.

@carlocatalano9662

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast He was put in house arrest for the remainder of his life. Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake though, in 1600.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clearing that out.

@carlocatalano9662

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Your literary research is commendable, perhaps you will read the DIALOGUE in which Galileo made a comic parody of a Church scholar arguing with a scientist; it was this book that got him accused of heresy, he was shown the instruments of torture & encouraged to stay silent. His daughter was a nun & pleaded that her old ailing father be allowed to stay near Florence where good doctors could care for him. There he was blind but remained active as a music teacher & his letters to his daughter report he had very pleasant company. You probably know the instructions he gave of what to do with the thumb, forefinger & middle finger of his right hand after his death.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlocatalano9662 This is awsome. I just vaguely remember my school teacher talking about him in our physics class, but i had no idea about his life and family or how he was put under house arrest. Over the years in my memory Galileo and Socrates somehow merged to have been killed by the state for their views. I am really intrigued to read the Dialogue. Really appreciate you taking your time to educate me.

Difficult to select just 20 ... Leaving Victor Hugo out ?

Spain writers? Spanish/Latin authors? Soon i hope

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Check my video on 12 South American novels

In my opinion you should have put Romain Gary on the list. He was one of the greatest French writer of the 20th century. His autobiographical novel « Promise at Dawn » (La Promesse de l’Aube) is, in my opinion, an absolute masterpiece, but also novels like « Roots of Heaven » (Les racines du ciel), « The Life before Us » (la vie devant soi). But I’m not sure of his popularity outside of France.

Galileo was not put to death by anyone.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I have been corrected many times. Appreciate it.

6:40 not two men ! One of them is a woman. If you didn't read the book I recommend you do !

Hi I am from India. You have added Hindi subtitle in the caption of your other videos then why not add it?Please request you to increase your viewers, supporters and subscribers in India by adding Hindi subtitles.your videos are very interesting

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

@satyendrasinghbhadauriya594

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Dear Critics! You did not choose any Kathkar, novelist from India. The novel of Kamleshwar, the father of the new story, which has been translated into English, you can read if you want.You can criticize or analyze it.The name of the novel is; कितने पाकिस्तान (kitne Pakistan)।Very original language style and completely new themed novel.You must have heard the name of Munshi Premchand etc. In addition, criticism was also made on James Joyce, Henry Miller, Vladimir Novokov, Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner,Submit review, analysis that novel, stream off Consciousness Theme based. hearty congratulations to you 💓🌹💐

Galileo was put to death? I thought he recanted and died under house arrest.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

It was a mistake and many people have pointed it out in the comment section.

You should Italian novels too Like example:Umberto Eco The name of the rose and Foucault's Pendulum are masterpieces Italy has many,many great writers and poets

Galileo was put to death for his scientific beliefs? Completely false. I find the fact that you (a cultivated man) actually believe this quite shocking, to be honest.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

I have been corrected.

@pele68ish

Жыл бұрын

Incorrect, but hardly shocking. He was persecuted, ridiculed & gaoled upon pain of a threat of heresy less he recant his steadfast adherence to the scientific method. Free expression & critical thinking curtailed in favour of Catholic doctrine.

@rameyzamora1018

Жыл бұрын

@@pele68ish He was shown the instruments of torture & traumatized enough to submit to house arrest for the remainder of his life. He was still able to make his scientific observations but could not say the Earth revolved around the Sun or anything that might imply that.

Eugene Sue and Edmond Rostand should be included!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Good shout! Might do another video talking about 20 more. France is rich, very rich in wine, perfume, cheese and literature.

And what about Jean-Paul Sartre? Otherwise, great channel, thank you šo much!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Sartre's Genius Philosophy - Life’s Meaning Comes from Nothingness kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZqVt7WPg6_JocY.html

No spoiler please

The best French novelist is a man by the name of Sir End Der lol

Lately, I've been reading a lot of Symbolist novelist Paul Adam. His work has not been translated from the original French, but his use of the language is incredible and worth experiencing. My favorite French novel so far is "Jean-Christophe" by Romain Rolland, another Nobel winner, and a huge beast of a book, but to me it is an underappreciated masterpiece.

@nileshseban1335

Жыл бұрын

At last someone pointed out!

Guy de Maupassant was good at short story. .not of novel.

Sartre...

Le Misanthrope is not a novel.

So the most famous 20th century Jean Paul Sartre was a fiction of our imagination!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

It’s a list of novelists. Sartre did a novel but he’s primarily a philosopher.

@nathelondon3719

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Do you know what the word consistent means? You had others who wrote one novel and weren’t as famous. Btw Guy is pronounced Giy in French.

jean paul sartre défénitely should be in that list. le comte de Monte Cristo is the greatest in my opinion. and for one novel missed : think guys should read SAMARCANDE, a novel by Amin Maalouf, absolutely worth your time, thanks all

The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe) by Simone de Beauvoir

@philosophie3670

8 ай бұрын

Great work! Not a novel though

I wondered if you'd crossed out the abominable antisemitic, Celine

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Celine is not crossed.