This book contains short stories from classic French authors Guy de Maupassant and Honoré de Balzac.

We have added an interlinear translation to the French text. This means that the meaning of every French word is immediately accessible, which in turn will make it much easier for you to expand your French vocabulary fast.
How to learn French fast and easyUse the following method to attain new French vocabulary.

Read the stories and re-read them until you know almost all the words. This is a fast process because there's no lookup time.

Then focus on the remaining words that you still don't know by marking those in the text, for example. Because of the literal interlinear text this is the fastest method to learn to read French.

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