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17th-century French literature was written throughout the Grand Siècle of France, spanning the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de' Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France.
The 18th century also brought enormous social changes to France; an enormous growth in population; and, even more important, the growth of the wealthy class, thanks to new technologies (the steam engine, metallurgy), and trade with France's colonies in the New World and India. French society was hierarchal with the Clergy (First Estate) and ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
The 16th century in France was a remarkable period of literary creation (the language of this period is called Middle French).The use of the printing press (aiding the diffusion of works by ancient Latin and Greek authors; the printing press was introduced in 1470 in Paris, and in 1473 in Lyon), the development of Renaissance humanism and Neoplatonism, and the discovery (through the wars in ...
Novels set in the 1700s (6 P) Novels set in the 1710s (14 P) Novels set in the 1720s (4 P) ... The Book of Night Women; A Breath of Snow and Ashes; Bride of Liberty;
This is a list of novelists from France. Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and have Wikipedia articles on them. ... Colette (1873–1954), best ...
Anatole France (Anatole François Thibault) (1844–1924) Tristan Corbière (Edouard-Joachim) (1845–1875) Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) (1846–1870) Léon Bloy (1846–1917) Auguste Edgard Dietrich (1846) Henri François Marion (1846–1896) Geoffroi Jacques Flach (1846–1919) Brada (writer) (1847–1938) Émile Faguet ...
In 1292 the book-trade of Paris consisted of 24 copyists, 17 bookbinders, 19 parchment makers, 13 illuminators, 8 dealers in manuscripts. [4]In Paris in 1470, Martin Crantz, Michael Freyburger, and Ulrich Gering produced the first printed book in France, Epistolae (letters), by Gasparinus de Bergamo. [5]