Books set in Bretagne

16 books and other written works set here; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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1ConcarneauLe Chien jaune2
2RennesLes suites d’un moment d’erreur2
3VannesSébastien Roch2
4Beg MeilL'Île aux trente cercueils1
5Forêt de RennesLe Loup blanc1
6OuessantZilia et Agathide1
7Saint-MaloThéodore1

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L'Île aux trente cercueilsby Maurice Leblanc · 1919 · Beg Meil
#1100avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
L'Ingénuby Voltaire · 1767
#279.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Chien jauneby Georges Simenon · 1931 · Concarneau
#341.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sur la dalleby Fred Vargas · 2023
#426.8avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sébastien Rochby Octave Mirbeau · 1890 · Vannes
#510.9avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mémoires d'un Touristeby Stendhal · 1838 · Vannes
#66.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Loup blancby Paul Féval · forêt de Rennes
#75.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Demoiselles de Concarneauby Georges Simenon · 1936 · Concarneau
#83.1avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
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#9
Dolbreuseby Joseph Marie Loaisel de Tréogate · 1783
#10

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