French Literature Pins and Buttons

"I only understand love and liberty". A quote from Grantaire from the book Les Miserables.

Émile Zola, French writer, literature. Portrait

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.

French Literature, Proust Book, Writer Marcel Proust

Cry in French is "pleure" and Flower is "fleur". They rhyme.

the great marcel proust

All the best things in life

Hell is other people. J.P.Sartre

After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world. - Oscar Wilde

Piggy steals Ralph's conch filled with fries and gets caught, subsequently dismembered and eaten by Ralph's ravenous horde.

This design features the legendary Alfred Jarry's character Ubu Roi. In this composition, we used Jarry's original drawing made circa 1896.

High resolution reproduction, photoshop corrected for sharp prints and vibrant crisp colors, digitally healed for blemishes, tears, and missing elements. Le Journal LA CRITIQUE 1895 Vintage French Literature Magazine Advertisement Poster.

Show your love for the master of absurd!

Jules Verne, Journey to the centre of the earth

Cool vintage propaganda style design inspired by classic election posters. Enjoy this retro style design of a famous historic figure.

FRENCH KISS JE T'AIME ALBERT CAMUS

This is an alternative portrait of French symbolist writer Alfred Jarry, the author of Ubu Roi. Jarry is a predecessor of Dadaism and Surrealism and an inventor of so-called pataphysics.

Marcel Proust portrait and quote: “Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.”

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.

André Gide was a French writer and humanist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

This is a portrait of young Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, who later becomes famous as Jack Kerouac, the writer of the cult novel On the Road. His favorite themes were rambling, drinking, and all that jazz.

Shih Tzu in the style of Paul Cezanne

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, Portrait, Signature

Marcel Proust was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His string of seven novels, wrapped under the common title In Search of Lost Time, is a challenging and delightful read.

the great jules verne

The illustration is based on Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities shows the colorful Union Jack colliding with the rising passion of the Reign of Terror with its dreaded guillotine.

the great albert camus

French Literature, Proust Book, Writer Marcel Proust

A poet, writer, playwright, and statesman of The Third Republic, Hugo was one of the best French artists of his time. Everybody heard of his novels Les Misarables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Alexandre Dumas, the renowned French author, is celebrated for his timeless literary works filled with thrilling adventures, romance, and historical intrigue. With classics like "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo," Dumas's genius continues to captivate readers worldwide

Julián del Casal was a Cuban poet who, together with Ruben Dario, became the founder of Modernismo.

Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know... Keats

the great charles baudelaire

Blue Sea and an Anaïs Nin quote: Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

With this image, we celebrate French novelist, poet and jazz musician Boris Vian.