French novel that criticizes how society treats members of lower social classes. It is about a man named Jean Valjean who goes to prison for stealing bread.

The Count of Monte Cristo

The novel takes readers on a journey as Edmond Dantès escapes from captivity and transforms into the enigmatic namesake count, seeking retribution against those who wronged him.

Young D'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony, France to pursue his goal of becoming one of King Luis XIII's musketeers. Upon his arrival in Paris, D'Artagnan finds himself caught in a web of adventure, love triangles, and political intrigue.

Psychological novel exploring the motives and consequences of a young man's decision to commit murder, and his eventual redemption through love and suffering.

The Brothers Karamazov

Novel about the complicated relationships between three brothers and their father, which culminates in a murder trial that questions the existence of God and the nature of morality.

Notes from the Underground

Excerpt from the memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg.

Novel that delves into the complex psyche of a naive and pure-hearted protagonist who struggles to navigate the corrupt and hypocritical society around him. It explores themes of innocence, love, and the destructiveness of human nature.

Story of a doctor's wife whose passions and romantic notions drive her to start an affair, accumulate debts, entangle herself in lies and, in the end, commit suicide.

Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general, tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss.

Chronicles the Napoleonic era within Russia, notably detailing the French invasion of Russia and its aftermath. Highlights the impact of Napoleon on Tsarist society through five interlocking narratives following different Russian aristocratic families.

Follows the story of the title character as she falls in love with Count Vronsky and cheats on her husband.

Follows the protagonist, Pozdnychev, a middle-aged Russian nobleman, as he recounts the history of his relationship with his late wife and the events that led him to murder her in a fit of jealous rage.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Tells the story of a man's journey towards death and the realization of the emptiness of a life lived purely for personal gain.

Tells the story of Nekhlyudov, a Russian nobleman who visits a former lover in a Siberian prison. Finding the prison and its methods senseless and barbaric, he comes to realize that social order is underwritten by unimaginable horror and oppression.

Collection of three works of historical fiction in which the author draws upon his real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol.

Sorrows of Young Werther

A young man finds himself caught in a love triangle. Because he listens to his emotions over his more reasonable, common-sense side, his inability to let go of the woman that he loves leads him to suicide.

A man with questionable sanity goes on a series of quests to become a knight, accompanied by his 'squire', Sancho.

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European Lit

European literature for QB

Title	Description	Author
Les Misérables	French novel that criticizes how society treats members of lower social classes. It is about a man named Jean Valjean who goes to prison for stealing bread.	Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Tells the story of the gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of a cathedral having fallen in love with Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral's tower.	Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo	The novel takes readers on a journey as Edmond Dantès escapes from captivity and transforms into the enigmatic namesake count, seeking retribution against those who wronged him.	Alexander Dumas
The Three Musketeers	Young D'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony, France to pursue his goal of becoming one of King Luis XIII's musketeers. Upon his arrival in Paris, D'Artagnan finds himself caught in a web of adventure, love triangles, and political intrigue.	Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment	Psychological novel exploring the motives and consequences of a young man's decision to commit murder, and his eventual redemption through love and suffering.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov	Novel about the complicated relationships between three brothers and their father, which culminates in a murder trial that questions the existence of God and the nature of morality.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from the Underground	Excerpt from the memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot	Novel that delves into the complex psyche of a naive and pure-hearted protagonist who struggles to navigate the corrupt and hypocritical society around him. It explores themes of innocence, love, and the destructiveness of human nature.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Madame Bovary	Story of a doctor's wife whose passions and romantic notions drive her to start an affair, accumulate debts, entangle herself in lies and, in the end, commit suicide.	Gustave Flaubert
The Gambler	Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general, tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace	Chronicles the Napoleonic era within Russia, notably detailing the French invasion of Russia and its aftermath. Highlights the impact of Napoleon on Tsarist society through five interlocking narratives following different Russian aristocratic families.	Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina	Follows the story of the title character as she falls in love with Count Vronsky and cheats on her husband.	Leo Tolstoy
The Kreutzer Sonata	Follows the protagonist, Pozdnychev, a middle-aged Russian nobleman, as he recounts the history of his relationship with his late wife and the events that led him to murder her in a fit of jealous rage.	Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich	Tells the story of a man's journey towards death and the realization of the emptiness of a life lived purely for personal gain.	Leo Tolstoy
Resurrection	Tells the story of Nekhlyudov, a Russian nobleman who visits a former lover in a Siberian prison. Finding the prison and its methods senseless and barbaric, he comes to realize that social order is underwritten by unimaginable horror and oppression.	Leo Tolstoy
Sevastopol Sketches*	Collection of three works of historical fiction in which the author draws upon his real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol.	Leo Tolstoy
Sorrows of Young Werther	A young man finds himself caught in a love triangle. Because he listens to his emotions over his more reasonable, common-sense side, his inability to let go of the woman that he loves leads him to suicide.	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don Quixote	A man with questionable sanity goes on a series of quests to become a knight, accompanied by his 'squire', Sancho.	Miguel Cervantes
The Overcoat		Nikolai Gogol
The Nose		Nikolai Gogol
Dead Souls		Nikolai Gogol
Viy*		Nikolai Gogol
Nevsky Prospekt*		Nikolai Gogol
Diary of a Madman		Nikolai Gogol
Doctor Zhivago		Boris Pasternak
The Necklace		Guy de Maupassant
Bel Ami		Guy de Maupassant
Boule de Suif		Guy de Maupassant
Blindness		José Saramago
Seeing		José Saramago
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ		José Saramago
The Stone Raft		José Saramago
The Metamorphosis		Franz Kafka
The Trial		Franz Kafka
The Unbearable Lightness of Being	sex in a bowler cap lmao	Milan Kundera
Death in Venice		Thomas Mann
Magic Mountain		Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus		Thomas Mann
Siddharta		Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf		Hermann Hesse
Demian		Hermann Hesse
The Glass Bead Game		Hermann Hesse
Fathers and Sons		Ivan Turgenev
A Sportsman's Sketches		Ivan Turgenev
A Hero of Our Time		Mikhail Lermontov
Zorba the Greek (Grek Zorba)		Nikos Kazantzakis
The Last Temptation of Christ		Nikos Kazantzakis
War With the Newts		Karel Čapek
The Joke		Milan Kundera
The Good Soldier Svejk*		Jaroslav Hašek
Gargantua and Pantagruel		François Rabelais
In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past		Marcel Proust
A Void*		Georges Perec
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler		Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities		Italo Calvino
L'Jaccuse		Emile Zola
La Bête Humaine*		Emile Zola
The Tin Drum		Günter Grass
The Red Room		August Strindberg
All Quiet on the Western Front		Erich Maria Remarque
The Lusiads*		Luís de Camões
Mario and the Magician*		Thomas Mann
The Name of the Rose		Umberto Eco
Foucult's Pendulum		Umberto Eco
Ur-Facism		Umberto Eco
The Museum of Innocence		Orhan Pamuk
My Name is Red		Orhan Pamuk
Snow		Orhan Pamuk
Lolita		Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire		Vladimir Nabokov
Ulysses		James Joyce
Dubliners		James Joyce
The Dead		James Joyce
Finnegans Wake		James Joyce
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man		James Joyce
Araby		James Joyce
The Red and the Black		Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
The Charterhouse of Parma		Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle)
The Counterfeiters		André Gide
The Immoralist*		André Gide
Heart of Darkness		Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim		Joseph Conrad
Nostromo		Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent*		Joseph Conrad

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