First French Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book

This excellent anthology offers the beginning French-language student a first taste of some of the world's most significant prose.

Chosen for both their eloquence and ease of reading, excerpts from such masterpieces as Les Mis rables, The Red and the Black, Madame Bovary, Carmen, and The Three Musketeers will open new worlds for linguists. Readers will savor the words of fifty great writers of multiple genres from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries, including Voltaire, Rousseau, Balzac, Baudelaire, Dumas, Proust, and other literary virtuosos.
Lucid and accessible, the unabridged English translations by Stanley Appelbaum appear on pages that face the original French text. Literature lovers, French-language students, and other readers will find this volume a fascinating exploration of French literature...and an invaluable aid to mastering one of the world's most romantic languages.

Author: Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 02/04/2008
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.58w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780486461786
Language: French

About the Author
A former editor-in-chief at Dover Publications, Stanley Appelbaum remains active in retirement and continues to produce his original translations of French, German, Italian, and Spanish literature.

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