Explains grammatical concepts in French and illustrates with sentence examples. This title includes exercises and sample conversations to help you practice what you know. It includes audio exercises to improve listening comprehension, and post tests to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Now with bonus CD ROM. Sixth edition.

Contains a colorful history of France, from ancient Gaul onwards, offering biographical sketches of famous personalities including Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, and Napoleon. This title features four abridged short stories by famous French authors that allow you to practice your grammar and vocabulary skills on works of French literature.

The Flowers of Evil, which T. S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life. The volume was seized by the police, and Baudelaire and his published were .