FR4241
French
Literature
Victor
Hugo
http://www.microtec.net/pcbcr/hugo.html#bb
This
page compiled by Pierre Cohen-Bacrie gives an overview of Victor Hugo’s
life, his principle works and extracts from these, along with important
links to other related web sites.
http://www.alalettre.com/Hugo-intro.htm
A
detailed biography of Victor Hugo’s life hosted by the site alalettre.
http://abu.cnam.fr/BIB/auteurs/hugov.html
Works
by Victor Hugo available on the server ABU.
http://www.poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/hugo.html
“Poésie
française” : A selection of Victor Hugo’s poetry hosted
by Webnet.
http://www.franceweb.fr/poesie/hugo2.htm
“Victor
Hugo, Poésie française”, by Jean-Pierre
Rosnay
http://www.citationsdumonde.com/accueil.htm
“Les
meilleures citations de Victor Hugo sur le site de Citations du Monde”.
Read
the best quotation from Victor Hugo by clicking on thémas and then
choosing the author.
http://gavroche.org/literature/vhugo/
“An
Internet research hub for Victor Hugo enthusiasts”.
http://www.poetes.com/hugo/
“Victor
Hugo, le poète”. Although this site is consecrated to the poems of
Victor Hugo, a detailed chronology of his life and other relevant
information is available. This
site was conceived by Jacques Lemaire.
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/hugo.html#related
“Victor
Hugo: French Poet and Novelist” is hosted by Lucid Interactive
and includes many relevant links to sites on Victor Hugo, his life and his
works.
http://www.chez.com/litteranet/VictorHugo.htm
Another
biography in French of Victor Hugo’s life.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vhugo.htm
An
overview in English of Victor Hugo’s life.
Historical
Context
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/
“The
France of Victor Hugo”.
Capital
Punishment
http://www.ornitho.org/numero11/articles/peine1.html
“Contre
la peine de mort, votez Hugo!”, in L’Ornitho (Magazine virtuel
politiquement décalé vers la gauche).
http://www.droitshumains.org/Pdemort/h_chemin.htm
“L’abolition
de la peine de mort en France” : The history of the abolition of
the death penalty in France.
http://fr.encyclopedia.yahoo.com/articles/sy/sy_922_p0.html
“La
peine de mort” in Yahoo Encyclopédie:
La
première campagne abolitionniste
La
France et les idées abolitionnistes
Les
controverses du XIXe siècle
Le
monde contemporain
Honoré
de Balzac
http://www.liv.ac.uk/www/french/dix-neuf/balzac.html
In
1999, on the occasion of the bicentenary of Balzac’s birth “la page du
bicentenaire”, with its many links to web pages related to Balzac,
wishes to bring an electronic dimension in homage to this author.
http://www.acamedia.fr/balzac/
The
web site of Academia dedicated to Honoré de Balzac. Of special
interest is the section “la vie et le siècle de Balzac” which allows
you to uncover not only the main literary events of the 19thh Century but
also the main political events of this era.
http://www.magazine-litteraire.com/archives/ar_373_2.htm
“Le
grand amour d’Honoré de Balzac”, by Hubert Juin, in magazine littéraire
n° 120 January1977.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/balzac.htm
A
biography in English of Balzac’s life.
http://balzac.typographie.org/
“Balzac
et le monde de la librairie au XIXème siècle ou
la vie de Balzac éditeur, imprimeur et fondeur de caractères,
et
auteur du magistral chef d'œuvre.”
Eugénie
Grandet
http://www.multimania.com/weezer80/HARD/grandet.htm
A
brief overview of Balzac’s work Eugénie Grandet along with a
short biography of his life.
http://www.chantiers.org/grandet.htm
“Dans
sa correspondance avec Evelyne Hanska, "la Belle Etrangère",
Honoré de Balzac nous renseigne sur la genèse de son roman Eugénie
Grandet. Parcours chronologique d'une création littéraire ou, le roman
du roman”. Follow the
thoughts of Balzac throughout the literary creation of Eugénie Grandet.
http://www.mygale.org/fireangel4/grandet.html
A
short resumé of Eugénie Grandet along with some extracts from the
book.
http://www.leaweb.cfwb.be/maroc/eleves/grandet/grandetsomm.htm
The
following are presentation prepared by students of the Lycée
Youssef Ben
Tachfine
on different themes present in Eugénie Grandet.
L'argent
et l'avarice
:
The theme of money and miserliness in Eugénie Grandet.
L'amour
et l'argent : The theme of love and money
in Eugénie Grandet.
L'argent :
The theme of money in Eugénie Grandet.
Le
personnage de la grande Nanon : A study of the
character Nanon in Eugénie Grandet.
Guy
de Maupassant
http://maupassant.free.fr/
“Maupassant
par les textes” : This site dedicated to the works of Maupassant
has a particularly interesting section on Biographies
which includes many links to details of the author’s life.
http://www.ifrance.com/Curiositas/Litterature/GuyDeMaupassant/Presentation.html
“Guy
de Maupassant, auteur normand” : This dossier was prepared by
students of the lycée
Saint François de Sales, in Alençon in Orne and contains many
biographical of Guy de Maupassant, his life and his works.
http://www.lettres.net/roman-naturaliste/guy-maupassant.htm
“Le
naturalisme
: un roman de Maupassant”. This
site provides many excellent links to interesting sites dedicated to Guy
de Maupassant.
http://maupassant.free.fr/photos/photos.html
Portraits
of Guy de Maupassant
Boule
de Suif
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2631/lBouledeSuif.htm
“Boule
de Suif : seule entre tous”. A
commentary written on the last page of “Boule de Suif” by Maupassant,
Quebec, 1st March 1995.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/annickl/boulens.htm
“Étude
d'ensemble sur Boule de Suif”. A brief overview of Maupassant’s
work “Boule
de Suif”.
Historical
context
http://www.users.skynet.be/dodeluc/1870_2.html
“La
guerre franco-allemande de 1870”. This
site provides the historical context to “Boule de Suif”.
