French 19th Century
1830–1872Stendhal, Hugo, Dumas, Flaubert, Verne. The French novel from Romantic excess through realism to the birth of science fiction.
11 works5 authors3 genres
adventure novelnovelscience fiction novel
The Red and the Black
Stendhal·1830
novelmoderate
6.0/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
18h
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo·1831
novelmoderate
6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity
18h
The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal·1839
novelmoderate
5.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
18h
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas·1844
novelaccessible
5.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
22h
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas·1844
novelaccessible
6.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
40h
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert·1856
novelmoderate
8.5/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
10h
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo·1862
novelmoderate
7.0/10 influence9.5/10 popularity
55h
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne·1864
science fiction novelaccessible
5.0/10 influence7.0/10 popularity
7h
A Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert·1869
novelmoderate
8.5/10 influence5.0/10 popularity
16h
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne·1869
science fiction novelaccessible
6.0/10 influence8.0/10 popularity
10h
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne·1872
adventure novelaccessible
5.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
6h