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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 448.6421
EAN: 9780486264431
ISBN: 0486264432
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 330
Publication Date: October 01, 1990
Publisher: Dover Publications
Sales Rank: 9628
Studio: Dover Publications
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Product Description:
10 unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Micromégas," by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass," by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler," by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris," by Baudelaire; "Minuet," by de Maupassant; "The Guest," by Camus; and more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.
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I bought this book for my ailing and flailing French vocabulary. Although I speak fluently, my diminishing vocabulary is directly accredited to my non-use and non-practice of the language. One note - many phrases are translated literally, yet lack the tonality and subtle nuances which are found in true meaning. Otherwise, a very easy read and a useful book for those of us who lack opportunity to speak the language. Would certainly recommend this book for an intermediate level and up.
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The chosen stories are excellent--all of top quality, both from a literary and (often) from a philosophical perspective. It is very easy to use the fine translation side-by-side with the original French.
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First the good. These stories are worth reading anyway, even if not trying to improve your French. Can't believe I never read Micromegas before! Can't believe it was written mid 1700s! So the selection of stories is an excellent one and the practice and vocabulary building comes quickly. For that reason, I'd unquestionably buy this again.
The bad. I know enough French to know that the translations are atrocious. Though I am not fluent in French, I believe I could have done a better, ... Read More
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This book includes some great authors - the ones you should at least know about if you are going to learn the French language and appreciate French culture. I have always loved the idea of having the English translation on the opposite page. I think it makes learning structures easier. You see how we would write something in English, and then you see how the structure differs in the French version.
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This is classic literature, a very good book. I'd be interested in a modern works like this as well. Seems like I saw one out there somewhere....
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