50-minute CD of 39 great French poems recorded by native-speaking Frenchman Michel Moinot includes major works by 30 French poets including François Villon, Pierre de Ronsard, Jean de La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chenier, Hugo, Baudelaire, and Rimbaud. Set also includes 192-page dual-language book with full texts in French and in English translation on facing pages.
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.
