{"id":7693,"date":"2011-06-24T12:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2014-06-12T19:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T17:27:46","slug":"french-books-to-read-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-books-to-read-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"French Books to Read in the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>C&#8217;est l&#8217;\u00e9t\u00e9, enfin!<\/strong><\/em> (It&#8217;s the Summer, finally!)<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Many friends of mine have been telling me as of late how they&#8217;re excited\u00a0to seize the opportunity of the sudden extra free time in their hands to catch up with\u00a0<em><strong>la lecture de loisir<\/strong><\/em> (leisure reading)&#8212;As opposed\u00a0 to the\u00a0force-fed textbook &#8220;reading assignments&#8221; of the school year- and they especially\u00a0asked me about some good book titles\u00a0to read<strong><em> en fran\u00e7ais<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Naturellement<\/em><\/strong>, not everyone is necessarily\u00a0into<strong> <em>&#8220;les classiques&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0but if you\u00a0are, and\u00a0are at a loss as to\u00a0where to begin, here is a\u00a0short list which should help you decide\u00a0<strong><em>par quel livre\u00a0entamer vos vacancs d&#8217;\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> (through which book to kick-start your Summer holidays)&#8212;It&#8217;s of\u00a0 no particular order, so it&#8217;s all up to you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;<em><strong>Le Petit Prince<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;,<\/span> by\u00a0<strong>Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Le Petit Prince chapitre 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dvRIccSAHEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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(&#8220;The Red and the Black&#8221;), and &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>La Chartreuse de Parme<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8221; (&#8220;The Charterhouse of Parma&#8221;), by<strong> Stendhal<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Madame Bovary<\/em><\/span>&#8220;<\/strong> by<strong> Gustave Flaubert<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Here is a famous movie adaptation by\u00a0<strong>Claude Chabrol<\/strong>, with\u00a0the celebrated\u00a0actress\u00a0<strong>Isabelle Huppert<\/strong>:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRAILER DO FILME Madame Bovary (FRAN\u00c7\u00caS)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZcrUWCy8T0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; 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