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 Misérables, The Red and the Black, Madame Bovary, Carmen, and The Three Musketeers will open new worlds for linguists. Readers will savour 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.
By:
Stanley Appelbaum
Translated by:
Stanley Appelbaum
Imprint: Dover
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 141mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780486461786
ISBN 10: 0486461785
Series: Dover Dual Language French
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 February 2008
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
"Introduction Rene Descartes Discours de la methode / Discourse on the Method Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld Maximes / Epigrams Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Lettres / Letters Jacques-Benigne Bossuet Orasison funebre d'Henriette-Marie / Funeral Oration for Henrietta Maria Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette La Princesse de Cleves / The Princess of Cleves Jean de La Bruyere Les caracteres / The Characters Anthony Hamilton Memoires du comte de Gramont / Memoirs of the Count of Gramont Alain-Rene Lesage Gil Blas de Santillane / Gil Blas de Santillana Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Le paysan parvenu / The Newly Rich Peasant Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu Lettres persanes / Persian Letters Voltaire Zadig / Zadig Antoine-Francois, abbe Prevost Manon Lescaut / Manon Lescaut Marie Leprince de Beaumont ""La Belle et la Bete"" / ""Beauty and the Beast"" Jean-Jacques Rousseau La nouvelle Heloise / The New Heloise Denis Diderot Le neveu de Rameau / Rameau's Nephew Jean le Rond d'Alembert ""College"" (Encyclopedie) / ""Secondary Education"" (Encyclopaedia) Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Paul et Virginie / Paul and Virginie Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos Les liasions dangereuses / Dangerous Connections Germaine Necker, madame de Stael Corinne / Corinna Benjamin Constant Adolphe / Adolphe Francois-Rene, viconte de Chateaubriand Rene / Rene Stendhal Le rouge et le noir / The Red and the Black Alfred de Vigny Servitude et grandeur militaries / Constraints and Grandeur of the Military Life Honore [de] Balzac Le lys dans la vallee / The Lily in the Valley Victor-Marie Hugo Le miserables / The Wretched of the Earth Alexandre Dumas pere Le trois mousquetaires / The Three Musketeers Prosper Merimee Carmen / Carmen George Sand La mare au diable / The Devil's Pool Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve Volupte / Sensual Pleasure Gerard de Nerval ""Sylvie"" (Les filles du feu) / ""Sylvie"" (The Fire Maidens) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Ce qui ne meurt pas / That Which Does Not Die Alfred de Musset La confession d'un enfant du siecle / The Confession of a Child of the Age Theophile Gautier Le capitaine Fracasse / Captain Fracasso Eugene Fromentin Dominique / Dominique Charles Baudelaire Le spleen de Paris / The Spleen of Paris Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary / Madame Bovary Alexandre Dumas fils La dame aux camelias / The Lady with the Camellias Jules Verne Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours / Around the World in Eighty Days Jean-Marie-..., comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ""Duke of Portland"" (Contes cruels) / ""Duke of Portland"" (Cruel Tales) Emile Zola Therese Raquin / Therese Raquin Alphonse Daudet ""La derniere classe"" (Contes du Lundi) / ""The Last Class"" (Monday Tales) Joris-Karl Huysmans A rebours / Against the Grain Guy de Maupassant ""Denis"" (Miss Harriet) / ""Denis"" (Miss Harriet) Henri Bergson L'evolution creatrice / Creative Evolution Jules Renard Poil de carotte / Carrot Top Andre Gide La symphonie pastorale / The Pastoral Symphony Marcel Proust Du cote de chez Swann / Swann's Way Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette La maison de Claudine / Claudine's House Roger Martin du Gard Le cahier gris / The Gray Notebook Valery Larbaud Fermina Marquez / Fermina Marquez"
