Francuska književnost

Evgenija Grande

"Eugénie Grandet" (1833), part of Balzac's Human Comedy, is a realistic novel that explores greed, family relationships, and the sacrifices of love in provincial French society.

Evgenija Grande / Muzej starina

In his novels Eugenie Grandet (1833) and The Museum of Antiquities (1837), Balzac explores universal themes of greed, human passions, sacrifice, and moral dilemmas, placing them in different social contexts of 19th-century French society.

Figarova ženidba ili Ludi dan: Komedija u pet ćinova

The comedy "The Marriage of Figaro, or The Mad Day" (1784) is a sequel to The Barber of Seville. The Marriage of Figaro criticizes social injustices through love affairs and intrigue, celebrating Figaro and Susanna's ingenuity in the fight against aristoc

Filozofske priče

Philosophical Tales is part of Balzac's "Human Comedy", and includes four stories – The Shangri-La, The Elixir of Long Life, The Unknown Masterpiece and Melmoth the Penitent – that explore philosophical, moral and metaphysical themes through complex chara

Francuska mesalina

The French Messalina (1789), an erotic novel by an anonymous author, a satirical pamphlet against courtly decadence before the Revolution. The themes are libertinism, criticism of the aristocracy, and the sexual power of women. With an introduction by Jea

Francuski klasicisti

Gargantua

The birth, childhood, upbringing and warlike exploits of the giant Gargantua: a satire on scholasticism, wars, monasticism and society, with grotesque humour, enormous eating/drinking and utopian ideals.

Gargantua i Pantagruel

Rabelais' masterpiece, a five-book novel cycle that follows the adventures of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Vinaver, known for his linguistic virtuosity, masterfully conveys Rabelais's lavish humor, juicy swear words, and layered wordplay.

Germinal

A novel that represents the pinnacle of literary creation by one of the most significant representatives of naturalism in literature.

Golicave priče

Tickling Stories consists of 30 short stories divided into three "decades" (décamérons), modeled after Boccaccio's Decameron.