Emil Cioran

Romanian authors seem to have (or at least they used to) a particular affinity for French language and culture. Emil Cioran (1911-1995), like his friend and countryman Eugène Ionesco, settled in France and ended up writing most of his works in French. His philosophical meditations express a pessimism of a rather Buddhistic coloring. You can find out a lot about him, in a variety of languages, at cioran.eu.

De l’inconvénient d’être né: Selections

A selection of dark but memorable aphorisms from Emil Cioran’s 1973 De l’inconvénient d’être né. With glosses and English translation.

French Fully Translated

French texts of great interest made accessible to those with little or no knowledge of French by a complete translation into English.
Interpretations

Files devoted in part or in full to the illumination of a literary text.
Old French

Files containing or referring to French texts written prior to AD1300.
Reading French: 1st Level

Not for absolute beginners: to be able to read these selections you should have gone through at least the first ten chapters of the French for Reading Knowledge course (or be at the equivalent level).
Reading French: 2nd Level

Somewhat more difficult texts, with less elaborate glossing. You should have gone through most of the French for Reading Knowledge course before starting on these.
Reading French: 3rd Level

Practice texts for perfecting your ability to read difficult French with a fair amount of ease.
The Classical Project

Modern English texts from a variety of sources transmogrified and made to appear in the form of classical French verse.