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French Stories/Contes Francais - (Dover Dual Language French) by Wallace Fowlie (Paperback)

French Stories/Contes Francais - (Dover Dual Language French) by  Wallace Fowlie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Ten unusual stories: Micromégas by Voltaire; The Atheist's Mass by Balzac; The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler by Flaubert; Spleen of Paris by Baudelaire; and more. English translations appear on facing pages.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The selections are good and the translations are excellent. ― Germaine Brée, New York University<br>Drawn from two centuries of French literature, these superb selections by ten great writers span a wide variety of styles, philosophies, and literary creeds. The stories reflect not only the beliefs of various literary schools, but the preoccupations of French civilization, at the various times of their composition, with the metaphysical and psychological problems of man. <br>Contents include Micromégas (Voltaire), La Messe de l'Athée (Honoré de Balzac), La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier (Gustave Flaubert), Le Spleen de Paris (Charles Baudelaire), Menuet (Guy de Maupassant), Mort de Judas (Paul Claudel), Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue (André Gide), Grand-Lebrun (François Mauriac), Le Passe-Muraille (Marcel Aymé), and L'Hôte (Albert Camus). <br>Students of French, or those who wish to refresh their knowledge of the language, will welcome this treasury of masterly fiction. The selections are arranged chronologically, allowing the reader to witness the development of French literary art -- from Voltaire to Camus. Excellent English translations appear on pages facing the Original French. Also included are a French-English vocabulary list, textural notes, and exercises.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The selections are good and the translations are excellent.―Germaine Brée, New York University<br>Drawn from two centuries of French literature, these superb selections by ten great writers span a wide variety of styles, philosophies, and literary creeds. The stories reflect not only the beliefs of various literary schools, but the preoccupations of French civilization, at the various times of their composition, with the metaphysical and psychological problems of man. <br>Contents include Micromégas (Voltaire), La Messe de l'Athée (Honoré de Balzac), La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier (Gustave Flaubert), Le Spleen de Paris (Charles Baudelaire), Menuet (Guy de Maupassant), Mort de Judas (Paul Claudel), Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue (André Gide), Grand-Lebrun (François Mauriac), Le Passe-Muraille (Marcel Aymé), and L'Hôte (Albert Camus). <br>Students of French, or those who wish to refresh their knowledge of the language, will welcome this treasury of masterly fiction. The selections are arranged chronologically, allowing the reader to witness the development of French literary art--from Voltaire to Camus. Excellent English translations appear on pages facing the Original French. Also included are a French-English vocabulary list, textural notes, and exercises. <br>Unabridged, slightly revised Dover (1990) edition of the work published by Bantam Books, Inc., 1960.

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