Introductory French Reader Author:E. E. Milligan (ed.) This collection of readings from the works of classical and contemporary writers provides beginning students with samples of French prose of true literary merit. The book begins with adaptations from La Fontaine, Rabelais, Voltaire, and a medieval tale. From this point on - starting with a passage from Moliere's Le Malade imaginaire - the select... more »ions are modified only by abridgment and deletion. The authors repressented are: Duhamel, Maurois, Saint-Exupery, Bernard, Boutet, Ayme, Daninos, L'Hote, Colette, Verne, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Balzac, and Eve Curie. After the fifth selection there is a note on verbs, to make sure that the student is grammatically equipped to go on with his reading, and some helpful advice on translation. There are extensive footnotes, exercises, and a full vocabulary. The book can be used in beginning French courses after about one month of instruction. E. E. Milligan is Professor in the Department of French and ITalian at the University of Wisconsin. c1963« less