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Books : French short stories: Nouvelles Francaises (New Penguin Parallel Text Series): Short Stories in French

from: Penguin


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780140265439 ISBN: 0140265430 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 30, 1999 Publisher: Penguin Sales Rank: 7515 Studio: Penguin	Average Rating: List Price: £8.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £6.29 You Save: £2.70 (30%) Prices subject to change.
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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- a quick language boost
Not having learnt french since school (GCSE/GCE) I found the stories easy enough to get the general story line but complex enough to challenge and revise my knowledge of the language - and extend it. The parallel text is just fantastic you don't lose interest constantly having to look words up in a dictionary. Would strongly recomend this book for intermediates.

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- Interesting selection of varying levels of difficulty
This isn't a book for beginners. My French is post O level and taken more years ago than I intend to disclose. I started re-learning it by teaching myself 10 months ago. I can now read most of these stories using the parallel text to check my understanding and to argue with the translations - yes I'm that confident now. For some stories I needed more help than others... 'Apprendre à vie' and 'David' gave me no trouble at all but 'Tous Feux Éteints' was a struggle. I enjoy the fact that some stories ... Read More

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- French short stories
The stories are very varied, interesting, rich and, in some cases, moving. But unless the reader is at an advanced level they are quite difficult to read and are "heavy going". So the book's description that it is suitable for students of French at all levels is misleading. For me it will be a long time before I can easily read it and that is if I don't sell it beforehand.

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- A must for a-level, degree or pleasure!
The parallel text is fantastic for all those who want to practise tranlation of "unseens", for a-level or degree level. I've certainly found this book invaluabe for both these purposes! However, this book is also great if you just want to read some short modern French language works, and is accessible to all levels from lower-intermediate and up. My particular favourite is "David", which is so beautifully and bizarrely French. If you just want to practise unseens (and take photocopies, or scrawl on your ... Read More

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