http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/1994/10/03#anatole-france <ul>Recommended: <li><cite>At the Sign of the Reine Pedaque</cite> <li><cite><a href="http://www.best.com/~hansen/DrPseudocryptonym/France_TheCrimeofSylvestreBonnard.html">The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard</a></cite> [``A story of, well, uh, a young girl in a bad situation, ... an older guy, ... a child abduction, ... hints of behavior exceeding the bounds of propriety.... Is this the kind of thing you want your children exposed to? On the other hand, I do not believe that reading this would or could lower Robert Dole's moral values.'' --- <a href="http://www.best.com/~hansen/DrPseudocryptonym/">Dr. Pseudocryptonym</a>] <li><cite>Les Dieux ont Soif</cite> (variously Englished as <cite>The Gods Will Have Blood,</cite> <cite>The Gods A-Thirst,</cite> etc.) <li>I'm not personally that fond of <cite><a href="http://www.best.com/~hansen/DrPseudocryptonym/">Penguin Island</a>,</cite> after the first few chapters on the creation of the penguins, but it's probably the best-known of his books. <li><cite><a href="http://www.best.com/~hansen/DrPseudocryptonym/France_TheRevoltoftheAngels.html">Revolt of the Angels</a></cite> </ul> <ul>To read: <li><cite>Golden Tales</cite> <li><cite>Mother of Pearl</cite> <li><cite>A Mummer's Tale</cite> <li><cite>The Red Lily</cite> <li><cite><a href="http://www.best.com/~hansen/DrPseudocryptonym/France_Thais.html">Tha&iuml;s</a></cite> </ul>