Favorite novel: Victor Hugo's Quatrevingt-Treize, hands down. For a more modern novel from a unique perspective I would also recommend Marge Piercy's City of Darkness, City of Light, although there are few aspects of it I'm not fond of.
Favorite non-fiction book: I haven't read too many books that could qualify as generally "on the Revolution"....but anything by Mathiez is very good.
Favorite movie: you would think this wouldn't be a difficult choice, considering how many completely worthless movies there are on the Revolution, but La Terreur et la Vertu....wins by a narrow margin over La Marseillaise. (I recommend both of them, although they're quite different. In fact, they are the only films concerning the Revolution that I would whole-heartedly and unhesitantly recommend--others have redeeming qualities, I'll admit, but they all make grievous errors at some point.)
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Date: 2006-11-03 03:39 am (UTC)Favorite non-fiction book: I haven't read too many books that could qualify as generally "on the Revolution"....but anything by Mathiez is very good.
Favorite movie: you would think this wouldn't be a difficult choice, considering how many completely worthless movies there are on the Revolution, but La Terreur et la Vertu....wins by a narrow margin over La Marseillaise. (I recommend both of them, although they're quite different. In fact, they are the only films concerning the Revolution that I would whole-heartedly and unhesitantly recommend--others have redeeming qualities, I'll admit, but they all make grievous errors at some point.)