Table of Contents

Preface Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942) Albert Camus, The Plague (1947) Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers (1844) Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1845) Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (1857) Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (1943) Bibliography Index

About the Author

MARILYN S. SEVERSON is Professor of European Studies specializing in French in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Seattle Pacific University. She is the author of James A. Michener: A Critical Companion (Greenwood, 1996).

Reviews

This is an eclectic guide to eight 19th- and 20th-century French novels chosen for being widely considered timeless masterpieces in France and beyond….Students and general readers seeking a thorough understanding of these influential novels will benefit greatly from this outstanding guide. Highly recommended.
*Library Journal, Starred Review*

[M]asterpieces of French Literature is intended as a supplementary guide to aid comprehension and exploration, and not as a substitute for reading the work, nor is it the mechanical dissection and parsing of a Cliff's Notes - the essays here flow with far more depth, insight, and curiosity. Highly recommended for literature and literary studies shelves.
*Internet Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review*