50-minute cassette features poems by Villon, Ronsard, Lamartine, Hugo, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Claudel, Valery, many more. Read by native Frenchman for authentic pronunciation, inflection and emphasis. Also included: 192-page dual-language book with full French texts, literal English translations on facing pages, critical and biographical information, more.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
Modern French Poets (Dual-Language) by Wallace Fowlie Treasury of poems and prose extracts by Max Jacob, Saint-John Perse, André Breton, Paul Éluard, Jean Cocteau, five more. Excellent English translations on facing pages. General introduction, plus introduction and bibliography for each poet.
Candide: A Dual-Language Book by Voltaire Voltaire's brilliant satire on the follies of man, in the original French, with a new and exacting English translation on the opposing page. Weller's critical introduction illuminates the satire's enduring appeal.
