Databases & Journals
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ARTFL project, University of Chicago This link opens in a new windowFull-text retrieval databases of classical French writings, reference resources, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals, pamphlets, and ARTFL newsletters. Databases include literary works, political tracts, philosophical writings, and technical treatises. Coverage starts with 12th century.
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Gallica This link opens in a new windowPublished by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Gallica is the library's virtual version. The site is available in both French and English. Here you will find full texts of works in the public domain, as well as many other types of documents and items. This video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIeX_XS6KHk) from their YouTube channel gives a good overview of what they have available.
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Yale French Studies
Call Number: eJournalISBN: 00440078Publication Date: 1948-2019A Francophone literature and culture journal published by Yale. Available on JSTOR up to 2019.
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Hathi TrustHathi Trust provides access to digitized works, including many works in French.
Fairy Tales (Contes de Fée)
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D'aulnoy's Fairy Tales by
An English translation of the 17th century writer Mme d'Aulnoy's fairytales. The term "contes de fée" comes from d'Aulnoy. Her work is not available in French either at WSU or on Melcat, but is freely available on Project Gutenberg.
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Intégrale des œuvres
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ISBN: 9782807400122Publication Date: 2016The complete works in French of Fontaine's fairy tales available online through WSU's catalogue. -
The Complete Fables of Jean de la Fontaine
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ISBN: 9780252031441Publication Date: 2007-10-15From the catalogue: "Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us. Norman R. Shapiro has been translating La Fontaine's fables for over twenty years, capturing the original work's lively mix of plain and archaic language. This newly complete translation is destined to set the English standard for this work. Awarded the Lewis Galantière Prize by the American Translators Association, 2008."
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Charles Perrault SimplifiéA site with stories simplified for children. Here is a page for stories by Charles Perrault; including Cendrillon, Barbe Bleue, Le Chat Botté, and others.
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Mémoires, contes et autres oeuvres de Charles Perrault
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ISBN: 9782335167474Publication Date: 2016
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Féeries
Publication Date: 2003-presentA French journal devoted to fairy tales from the 18th and 19th centuries. Available free online.
Libraries in France and North America
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Library of Congress: Reading in French GuideFor even more information, check out this research guide from the Library of Congress. This guide has especially thorough sections on graphic novels and more recent literature.
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Bibliothèque National de France (BNF)The website for France's national library.
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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du QuébecQuébec's national library and archives. Here you can find lists with book recommendations from a certain topic (such as this list with suggestions on Afrofuturist novels: https://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/lafrofuturisme-imaginer-le-futur-autrement/)
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Bibliothèques BordeauxBordeaux's main library. They provide a number of collections where one can find book suggestions (such as this collection of easy to read books: https://bibliotheque.bordeaux.fr/collections/lire/facile-a-lire). They also have a section of their website called PremierChapitre, where you can read the first chapter of some books online: https://bibliotheque.bordeaux.fr/numerique/premierchapitre)
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Bibliothèque de MarseilleMarseille's public library. For some of the books in their catalogue, you can read books online (depending on the book, this can be anything from a few chapters or the whole book).