First French Reader by Stanley Appelbaum

First French Reader by Stanley Appelbaum

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.

Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.

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ISBN 13	9780486461786
ISBN 10	0486461785
Titel	First French Reader
Autor	Stanley Appelbaum
Serie	Dover Dual Language French
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-04-25
Seitenanzahl	240
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