This language-learning system is designed for people with limited study time to learn quickly and efficiently the practical French needed for travel. Includes 2 CDs with 90 minutes of recorded speech by native speakers in both English and French and a convenient 64-page manual containing a phonetic pronunciation guide and an index.
First French Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book by Stanley Appelbaum This anthology introduces 50 legendary writers — Voltaire, Balzac, Baudelaire, Proust, more — through passages from The Red and the Black, Les Misérables, Madame Bovary, and other classics. Original French text plus English translation on facing pages.