French stories = Contes français : a dual-language book : with translations, critical introductions, notes, and vocabulary by the editor
2023
Book
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 more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.
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Author:
Fowlie, Wallace, 1908-1998, editor
Imprint:
New York : Dover Publications, 2023.
Collation:
ix, 330 pages ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
"Side by side reading comparison"--Cover."Ten short stories by Voltaire, Balzac, Gilde, Camus and others in the original French and a new English translation"--Cover.Reprint with revision. Originally published: New York : Bantam Books, 1960. (A Bantam dual-language book ; s1993)In English and French.
Contents:
ForewordVoltaire : Micromégas ; MicromégasHonoré De Balzac : La Messe de l'Athée ; The Atheist's MassGustave Flaubert : La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier ; The Legend of St. Julian the HospitalerCharles Baudelaire : Le Spleen de Paris (Le Vieux Saltimbanque, Le Joujou de Pauvre, La Corde) ; Spleen of Paris (The Old Clown, The Poor Boy's Toy, The Rope)Guy De Maupassant : Menuet ; MinuetPaul Claudel : Mort de Judas ; Death of JudasAndré Gide : Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue ; The Return of the Prodigal SonFrançois Mauriac : Grand-LebrunGrand-LebrunMarcel AyméLe Passe-Muraille ; The Passer-through-WallsAlbert Camus : L'Hôte ; The GuestNotesQuestionnaireVocabulary.
ISBN:
04862644329780486264431 (paperback)
Dewey class:
448.6421
Language:
EnglishFrench
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Related title:
French Stories/Contes Francais : A Dual-Language Book [ebook]
Subject:
Short stories, FrenchFrench language -- ReadersFrench language -- Textbooks for foreign speakersReading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etcFrench language -- Problems, exercises, etcFrench language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- EnglishFrench language -- Study and teaching -- English speakersShort stories, French -- Translations into EnglishFrance -- Social life and customs -- FictionReaders (Publications)Fiction
BRN:
65374
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Language Learning | LEARN FRE READ FREN | Available |
| Library at the Dock | Language Learning Fiction | LEARN FRE READ FREN | Available |
| Library at the Dock | Language Learning Fiction | LEARN FRE READ FREN | In-transit from Library at the Dock to Southbank Library (Set: 26 Jun 2026) |
| North Melbourne Library | Language Learning | LEARN FRE READ FREN | Available |