Simon & Schuster
Les Miserables Classroom Activities
Modern readers apply classic themes to Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables. After they discuss tricky vocabulary and plot elements from the novel, class members compare Hugo's written work to a stage or film adaptation of the musical.
Beverly Hills High School
Mapping Napoleon's Empire at Its Height (1812)
The complicated political history of Europe becomes apparent as young historians create a map of the borders of France when Napoleon's Empire was a its height in 1812.
University of Pennsylvania
Mock Trial of Alfred Dreyfus
What if scholars based mock trials on history? The fourth installment of a five-part series on the Dreyfus Affair asks learners to read various pieces of evidence before conducting a mock trial for a French officer. Teams answer...
University of Pennsylvania
Decoding Propaganda: J’Accuse…! vs. J’Accuse…!
Reading snail mail is a great way to go back into history and to understand others' points of view. The resource, the second in a five-part unit, covers the Dreyfus Affair. Scholars, working in two different groups, read one letter and...
Planet e-Book
Les Miserables
Many consider Les Miserables to be one of the greatest novels ever written. An eBook version of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo contains the entire text, translated from the original French. Each section is organized into books and...
Curated OER
Types of Literature
Explore a short piece of French literature with intermediate French scholars. Either assign readers to each character, or divide the class into groups to give the story some life. There's a student task sheet included as well, although...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Phantom of the Opera
This site from Bibliomania provides the full and complete text of Gaston Leroux's classic, "Phantom of the Opera". Includes a table of contents by which each act can be accessed by link, along with a link to Gaston Leroux himself.
City University of New York
City University of New York: Simone Schwarz Bart
Good point of departure for research on Simone Schwarz-Bart. Features a comprehensive bibliography (primary and secondary) as well as excellent links.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: Project Gutenberg: The Human Comedy (Honore De Balzac)
The entire collection of Balzac's novels and short stories, translated to English, is available here in plain text format.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Les Miserables, Volume 1 Fantine
An HTML version of the first volume of Hugo's famous novel is available here from the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia: Les Miserables, Volume 5: Jean Valjean
The last volume of Hugo's novel is found at this etext from the University of Virginia.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
This site has links to the full text from the University of Virginia of Jules Verne's science fiction work "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
Other
French teacher.net: Resources and Lessons
This site maintained by a teacher in North Yorkshire, England, is a veritable treasure trove of resources for French teachers for grades K-12. Includes grammar handouts, lesson plans, and even Power Point presentations to download, and...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957: Albert Camus
Features a comprehensive presentation of Camus, including biography, photo, acceptance speech, and other resources.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
This is the complete text of the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
Howard University
Howard University: African & Caribbean Literature in French
Resource presents an exhaustive bibliography and resources for research on African and Caribbean literature in French.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Library: Les Miserables Volume 2
At this collection from the University of Virginia Library, Hugo's novel continues in Volume 2 with the story of Cosette. Read the whole volume.
Other
Contribution a L?anniversaire De La Mort De Proust
Bilingual site dedicated to Marcel Proust and his work. Includes biography, bibliography, pictures, excerpts of his work, critical analysis, and links. Some sections are translated into English.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Charles Baudelaire: Poet of Sickness & Evil
This lesson plan is designed to accompany Baudelaire's "The Poet of Sickness and Evil," which provides suggestions for studying the 19th century French poet's work.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Blaise Pascal
This site provides a substantial biography of Pascal with excerpts from "Pensees," and the entire text of "Provincial Letters."
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Other
Club De Poesie: Aragon
Site dedicated to Louis Aragon. Includes a biography, photos, excerpts of his work, and links.
Other
The Tale of Aucassin and Nicolette
A description of the tale as different kind of fabliaux with links to English translations written for different age groups.
Other
Zvi Har El: Around the World in Eighty Days
This site from the personal site from Zvi Har El's Jules Verne Collection provides the complete text of Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days."