I'm searching for some literature by French and about France...

I'm searching for some literature by French and about France. I want to know more about French history or the development of its modern culture. Any recommendations?

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Michael de Montaigne

Blacked.com is a fantastic source for what you're looking for.

Les mis is dope

>Michael de Montaigne
not so much interested in philosophy, more historical

and I thought about this, I may check it out as a starting point

Check out the section about Waterloo. It has nothing to do with the rest of the novel so there are no spoilers and it is comfy as fuck.

Montaigne influenced how the French think. You will get a lot about their culture if you read him.

Bainville.

any particular works that you recommend?

Try the only thing he ever wrote, then you can move on to his other stuff

Jules michelet wrote a lot about france history.
More generally a lot of french author of the 19th century are very political

Marc Levy or Guillaume Musso

Michel plz. The Thoughts are great work but it's basically an old man in a tower writing about his life and readings.

Michelet and Bainville are historians, the first socialist, the second royalist, I'm not historian but they are a bit outdated...

Do you want history or litterature with historical context?

Victor Hugo. He would dedicate whole chapters to the historical importance of the real life locations his stories took place in. In les mis he goes on great detail about the battle of waterloo, the revolution, even spends two chapters talking about the sewer system of paris

Yes, Michel. Phoneposting here.

It might be a dude writing in his tower, but his influence can't be ignored. I mean, what are French postmodernists if not random dudes sitting in their ivory towers writing about their lives and readings? ;}

good call

probably literature with a historical perspective would be preferred. I'm thinking Les Miserables

Emile Zola and other realists are a go to if you want to read about 19th century France. He wrote his novels like documentaries.

For something more recent read "L'Histoire Mondiale de la France" by Patrick Boucheron. It's a good book for beginners that covers the entirety of french history. But I think it's not translated.

You forgot about the entire chapter on Argot, the French convent system, the very concept of revolution, and the street rats.

Here's a Yale course on modern France, it's basic and I found it a good series on understanding France today. It's something easy to digest while you look for historical books, I downloaded it as a podcast.

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The professor is a lefty but he shares some personal stories that help the subjects being less dry and monotone.

>tfw you will never be a 19th century Parisian gamin

For what was asked for, this.

For 18th century France read Le Parfum

I liked when he went on about the spaniards being over zealous fanatics

Jacques Bainville

don't think he's been translated into english though, best history of France