Classic French Course in English

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It is very complicated. I needed a book to help me learn colloquial French so that I can communicate.

no sence i think thet the mystery was to understand the format. the writer of the book needs to impove his/her vocabulary i would havr given 0 stars if it was available ###··

nice book to have

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I am not really sure if this is a course book and in what sense!Wasn't helpful and it was a free ebook...

product is what I expect and website is very useful to search for what I like for certain items great

Saw it on Amazon and it was free!Not done much French since leaving school some 58 years ago.Surprising how much we retain when we re-visit - and it keeps the brain active.

I have to admit that I got this book thinking that it is a book on how to learn French! This is a quite pedantic book on 'comparative literature on French language', although quite captivating even for me, not knowing the language. I learnt that although French is a very rich language - the poetry part of the language is comparatively weak. There are discussions on a variety of 'Classic French Authors', the operative word being 'Classic' which means authors from a much older period. The authors are listed in the beginning after a short introduction of the book. The introduction itself is very informative, and I gained a good knowledge of the origin of the language. Among the authors listed, it turned out, that I am familiar with some of them. So I read on with interest. The writing is very scholarly yet understandable and for a student in comparative literature the writing is very helpful and informative. Overall I had a positive experience with the book. Next time I will make sure that the book I am getting is about learning French!!Book-loverAmazon verified purchase

I thought this would be a language course but it is a study of French literary giants, and was a pleasant surprise to me in its summaries of people like Corneille and Pascal who I tried to study in the original years ago but found life too short. This book is almost like a modern "French literature for dummies" and gives a good idea of which writers you would enjoy.

This was not what i was looking for. It did nothing for me. I wanted to see most English words in French and vice versa. That's not what this book is about. My mistake