Collection: Language Learning Fiction

Collection of eight short stories representative of 20th century French writing.

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 tran...

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible Spanish containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms...

Luis Sepúlveda has captured readers’ hearts all around the world. His existence has been marked by a love of life, justice and art, becoming one of the most significant voices of Latin American literature. In this story we retrace some of the writer’s stages in life, from his youth to his exile, ...

Dorothy Seymour, a successful scriptwriter in Hollywood, plans to marry Paul Brett, a representative for various film companies, as her third husband. One night as they are driving along at high speed, a young man rushes out in front of the car, and is injured. Paul is indignant when Dorothy brin...

Much maligned in pre-war Germany, the short story enjoyed a creative rebirth in 1945. Initially imported by the Allies, the form also matched perfectly the prevailing mood of irony, objectivity and mistrust of the didactic. With the original German text running alongside English translations, thi...

The eight stories in this volume offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Styles include the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical storytelling of Penzoldt. With r...

Etienne, a railway engineer from Lille, is fired for having slapped his boss. After wandering for eight days in the North, he was hired in the mines of Montsou. There he meets the Maheu, a family of miners and falls in love with Catherine, their daughter who shares his feelings. But a brutal work...

After the death of their mother, Ginevra and Celeste tried to recover their relationship, but too many misunderstandings linked to a never forgotten past have distanced them to the point of making them feel like strangers.

Olga, literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician that moves something in her. After a des...