French Stories / Contes Français (A Dual-Language Book) (English and French Edition)
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ISBN13: 9780486264431 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Ten 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 four extra. Accurate English translations be visible on pages facing the original French. In addition integrated are a French-English vocabulary list, oral and writing exercises. Critical introductions.
Customer Reviews
Too Literary for the Living   2010-02-14
By Jeffrey Strain (Des Moines, IA USA)
The stories chosen for this book are deadly boring, with one exception. Of all the stories of Maupassant from Madame Fifi to The Diary of a Madman, he has chosen a precious bit of descriptive banality called Menuet. It depends on your taste. This book made me yawn.
A great way to brush up on your French   2009-11-14
By Geoff Puterbaugh (Chiang Mai, T. Suthep, A. Muang Thailand)
The English translations are not much to brag about, but they are there to serve a specific purpose: enabling us to read the original French. When we are engaged on such a project, we actually do not care about the beauty of the English translations: we need a trot, pretty much. What matters more, I think, is whether the short stories are worth reading, and here Wallace Fowlie has scored a major triumph. Maupassant's "Menuet" and Balzac's "La Messe de l'Athee" are simply superb, and I look forward to reading the rest!
Perversion   2009-11-07
By Billy Lee Harman
The translations needlessly deviate from the French, idiomatically and semantically and stylistly and syntactically, and the selection indicates a weird religious bent. So, as a teaching tool, this book best serves intermediate students of French, persons who can recognize the deviations. It could derail the progress of beginners.
Voltaire, who cares?   2009-03-23
By jayneeq (seattle, wa)
When I was in college I was fluent in French. I have lost some of that ease in the ensuing years, but can still read French. I decided to get some dual-language books to polish up my reading skills. I discovered however, that I can read and understand Voltaire, but really don't enjoy the stories. Perhaps a book with more current literature would have been better.
Boss is enjoying this book gift   2009-01-24
By Internet Shopper (San Jose, CA.)
My boss, who has been taking French lessons, is enjoying this book and it arrived promptly and in good shape.