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lusan wrote:After finishing all the Harry Potter books in French, I want to drink more from that well. Does anyone has any recommendations on Fantasy books in French. I prefer series and the longer the books the better for vocabulary sake. Thanks.

I'm two books into the Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy - A la croisée des mondes in the translation. I've read the books in English in the distant past & really liked them - I'm not a fan of Harry Potter - & it was nice to revisit them.

there's a major BBC adaption of the first book being shown at the moment, so I'm keeping my fingers x'd it gets dubbed into French soon.

Book 1 - Les Royaumes du Nord: https://www.amazon.co.uk/crois%C3%A9e-mondes-Royaumes-Nord/dp/2072747627/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_2

Book 2 - La Tour des Anges: https://www.amazon.co.uk/croisee-mondes-tour-anges-Folio/dp/2070348202/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/258-3080353-2068527

Book 3 - Le Miroir D'Ambre: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Croisee-Mondes-Miroir-DAmbre-Folio/dp/2070348210/ref=pd_bxgy_img_3/258-3080353-2068527

badger.
many thanks; you sound very Accomplished.
congratulations!

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Here are two excellent books by A.C. Quintero for French beginners. Actually, it is one book in two parts.

La Classe Des Confessions (Volume 1) (French Edition)
https://www.amazon.com/Classe-Confessions-1-French/dp/1981173293/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=La+classe+de+confessions&qid=1576955659&s=books&sr=1-2

Le beau mensonge
https://www.amazon.com/Beau-Mensonge-Classe-Confessions-French/dp/1721929398

For those people looking for some ideas on what to read:

https://www.culturetheque.com/EXPLOITATION/US/litterature-essais.aspx

En ce jour du Nouvel An, nous voulions vous souhaiter à tous une excellente année deux-mille-vingt. Nous espérons que tous vos voeux se réaliseront et que vos progrès en français seront fantastiques.

If you like reading you may wish to check this out from tv5monde.

The books can be chosen from the 13th to 18th Century.

https://bibliothequenumerique.tv5monde.com/livres

Have just finished a first read through of Le Temps des secrets by Marcel Pagnol. It is the third volume of his Memories of Childhood, an autobiography that appeared in 1960. It was preceded by Le Château de ma mère and La Gloire de mon père which are much better. This was the third and last of the trilogy and by this time he was very much squeezing the sponge dry when it came to looking back fondly on childhood.

While all three books are nostalgic looks back on the simple life in Provence, make no mistake about it that the vocabulary is not simple with the very much challenging and very many references to local flora and fauna.

I would give it a 6/10.

So I just finished Dans la paix des saisons by Christian Signol. My researches of this author suggests that he is a very popular French author with many awards. My own first reading of this book is that it is easy on the vocabulary level and very trite or watered down as to plot or theme. I guessed that going into it, but it was far more light weight and banal than I had expected. However, if this is what the populace of France likes then I am always happy to be made aware of it. Each has his own taste.

If anyone has read this author and enjoys him please by all means tell me. I want to learn what it is I am missing. However, until that time comes I would give a 4/10.

Carmody wrote: This was the third and last of the trilogy and by this time he was very much squeezing the sponge dry when it came to looking back fondly on childhood.

I was looking at Mr Pagnol's wikipedia entry the other day, there was a fourth book some years later, le temps des amours.