1.
Honoré de Balzac
16 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
2.
Voltaire
His works are fresh and interesting even so much time after his death. Voltaire is probably the youngest of them all.
13 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
3.
Émile Zola
11 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
4.
Victor Hugo
10 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
5.
Marcel Proust
So much sensibility rendered in such a calm and distinguished manner.
9 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
6.
Stendhal
8 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
7.
Alexandre Dumas, père
6 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
8.
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
5 points - added 10 years ago by guest -
9.
Gustav Flaubert
In my opinion, his work is the most innovative prose in the 19th century.
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
10.
George Sand
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
11.
Charles Baudelaire
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
12.
Simone de Beauvoir
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
13.
Albert Camus
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
14.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry
I like his eclectic style.
2 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
15.
Jean-Paul Sartre
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
16.
Donatien de Sade
A writer of religion in negative space, he inspired the whole lot of the 19th and 20th century, and is only at home in the 21st. No other writer is so far ahead of his time.
0 points - added 8 years ago by guest -
17.
Jules Verne
At some point during childhood, every boy is fascinated with the novels written by Jules Verne.
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
18.
Alfred de Musset
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
19.
Boris Vian
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
20.
Pascal Quignard
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
21.
François Arnaud
-1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
22.
Anatole France
-1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
23.
Marguerite Yourcenar
-1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
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