The selections are good and the translations are excellent.
― Germaine Br e, New York University 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.
Contents include Microm gas (Voltaire), La Messe de l'Ath e (Honor de Balzac), La L gende 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 (Andr Gide), Grand-Lebrun (Fran ois Mauriac), Le Passe-Muraille (Marcel Aym ), and L'H te (Albert Camus).
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.
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