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• 112 Gripes About the French (Paris: US Occupation Forces Information and Education Division, 1945) (HTML at e-rcp.com)

• Explorations and Encounters in French (with articles in English and French; c2010), ed. by F. J. Fornasiero and Colette Mrowa-Hopkins (PDF files with commentary at Adelaide)

• The Guermantes Way (original French published 1920; English translation published 1925), by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

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• The Ancient Regime, by Hippolyte Taine, trans. by John Durand (Gutenberg text)
• Anglo-French Reminiscences, 1875-1899 (London: Chapman and Hall, 1900), by Matilda Betham-Edwards (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Chateau and Country Life in France (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1909), by Mary King Waddington (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Curial, by Alain Chartier, trans. by William Caxton (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• The Fields of France (London: Chapman and Hall, 1905), by A. Mary F. Robinson, illust. by W. B. Macdougall
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Home Life in France (second edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1905), by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Home Life in France (sixth edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1913), by Matilda Betham-Edwards (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Home Life in France (seventh and cheaper edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1914), by Matilda Betham-Edwards (HTML at gerald-massey.org.uk)
• The Idler in France (single volume edition), by Marguerite Blessington (Gutenberg text)
• My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879, by Mary King Waddington (Gutenberg text)
• The Origins of Contemporary France (The Ancient Regime; The French Revolution; The Modern Regime), by Hippolyte Taine, trans. by John Durand
  • volume 1: Gutenberg text
  • volume 2: Gutenberg text
  • volume 3: Gutenberg text
  • volume 4: Gutenberg text
  • volume 5: Gutenberg text
  • volume 6: Gutenberg text

• The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, by Queen Marguerite, trans. by Walter Keating Kelly (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• A Residence in France, During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, Described in a Series of Letters From an English Lady, With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners (second edition; London: Printed for T. M. Longman, 1797), by Charlotte Biggs, ed. by John Gifford (Gutenberg text)
• A Residence in France, During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, Described in a Series of Letters From an English Lady, With General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners (first American edition; Elizabeth-Town, NJ: Printed by S. Kollock for C. Davis, 1798), by Charlotte Biggs, ed. by John Gifford (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century (2 volumes; London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1850), by Julia Kavanagh
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google

• Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued; To Which is Prefixed Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. Sterne (2 volumes in 1; also includes Sterne's "Political Romance"; London: Printed for the Georgian Society, 1902), by John Hall-Stevenson and Laurence Sterne (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Modern Regime, by Hippolyte Taine, trans. by John Durand
  • volume 1: Gutenberg text
  • volume 2: Gutenberg text
• Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the Years 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829, With Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and Anecdotes of Distinguished Public Characters, in a Series of Letters (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1833), by Hermann Pückler-Muskau (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Abbe Constantin, by Ludovic Halévy (Gutenberg text)
• Cousin Pons, by Honoré de Balzac, trans. by Ellen Marriage (Gutenberg text)
• Mauprat, by George Sand, trans. by Stanley Young (Gutenberg text)
• Poor Relations, by Honoré de Balzac, trans. by James Waring and Ellen Marriage, contrib. by George Saintsbury (Gutenberg text)
• Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (Gutenberg text)
• Within a Budding Grove (original French published 1918; English translation published 1924), by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• Piping Hot! (Pot-Bouille): A Realistic Novel (new edition; London: Vizetelly and Co., 1887), by Émile Zola, contrib. by George Moore (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Gilded Beauties of the Second Empire (New York: Brentano's; London: J. Long, 1910), by Frédéric Loliée, ed. by Bryan O'Donnell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (2 volumes; London: R. Bentley, 1836), by Frances Milton Trollope
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Paris Lions and London Tigers, by Harriette Wilson (HTML and PDF at Wayback Machine)

• France: A Handbook For New Residents, by M. Michael Brady (HTML with commentary at HowTo)
• The Homeowners Guide to Living in France, by Richard Whiting (HTML with commentary at HowTo)
• Moving to France With Your Children, by Angie Power (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

• Explorations and Encounters in French (with articles in English and French; c2010), ed. by F. J. Fornasiero and Colette Mrowa-Hopkins (PDF files with commentary at Adelaide)

• Going To Live In Paris (revised edition, ca. 2004), by Alan Hart (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

• The Captive (original French published 1923; English translation published 1929), by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Cities of the Plain (original French published 1922; English translation published 1927), by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (10 volumes in 1; New York: P. F. Collier and Son, c1903), by Guy de Maupassant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Dream, by Émile Zola, trans. by Eliza E. Chase (Gutenberg text)
• Droll Stories, by Honoré de Balzac (Gutenberg text)
• Original Short Stories (13 volumes), by Guy de Maupassant, trans. by Albert M. C. McMaster, A. E. Henderson, and Louise Charlotte Garstin Quesada, contrib. by Pol. Louis Neveux (Gutenberg text)
• The Soil (La Terre): A Realistic Novel (London: Vizetelly and Co., 1888), by Émile Zola (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Sweet Cheat Gone (original French published 1925; English translation published 1930), by Marcel Proust, trans. by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• Time Regained (original French published 1927; English translation published 1931), by Marcel Proust, trans. by Stephen Hudson (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago (New York: The Century Co., 1919), by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, illust. by Paul de Leslie (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1883), by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons (2 volumes; Boston: J. Knight Co., 1895), by Catherine Charlotte Jackson
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, Formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and M.P. for Stafford: Being Anecdotes of the Camp, the Court, and the Clubs, at the Close of the Last War with France, by R. H. Gronow (Gutenberg text)

• The Christmas Kalends of Provence, and Some Other Provençal Festivals (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1902), by Thomas A. Janvier (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998), ed. by Sara E. Melzer and Kathryn Norberg (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)

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