French book recommendations

Iridal · 01-19-2011, 10:03 AM

I've made a new resolution: I'm going to read at least one book in French every month. I live in Belgium (Flanders) and work for a federal institute (lots of French-speaking co-workers) so have a basic understanding of the language, but I would like to improve. I know from experience reading is a good way to expand your vocabulary.

I'm going to start with Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I had to read this in highschool, so I know it's not too difficult. So now I'm looking for other French books that are similar in difficulty. Any suggestions ?

SeaBookGuy · 01-19-2011, 11:12 AM

I have Arthur Conan Doyle's novel Au Pays des Brumes on my reader, which I found here at MR. I'm far from bi-lingual, but there are only one or two words per page I don't know, and Sony's French - English dictionary has come through each time!

I wish there were better current French (and Spanish) offerings out there, but ebooks seem heavily skewed towards the English-speaking world so far to me.

Poppaea · 01-19-2011, 11:25 AM

Lettres de mon moulin par Alphonse Daudet

Lettres de mon moulin

Also there is the French mobileread with their ebook uploads

here

and the French section of Project Gutenberg here

Hope this helps
Poppaea

01-19-2011, 10:03 AM	#1
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	French book recommendations I've made a new resolution: I'm going to read at least one book in French every month. I live in Belgium (Flanders) and work for a federal institute (lots of French-speaking co-workers) so have a basic understanding of the language, but I would like to improve. I know from experience reading is a good way to expand your vocabulary. I'm going to start with Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I had to read this in highschool, so I know it's not too difficult. So now I'm looking for other French books that are similar in difficulty. Any suggestions ?

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01-19-2011, 11:12 AM	#2
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I have Arthur Conan Doyle's novel Au Pays des Brumes on my reader, which I found here at MR. I'm far from bi-lingual, but there are only one or two words per page I don't know, and Sony's French - English dictionary has come through each time! I wish there were better current French (and Spanish) offerings out there, but ebooks seem heavily skewed towards the English-speaking world so far to me.

01-19-2011, 11:25 AM	#3
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,536 Karma: 19491715 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra 2	Lettres de mon moulin par Alphonse Daudet Lettres de mon moulin Also there is the French mobileread with their ebook uploads here and the French section of Project Gutenberg here Hope this helps Poppaea

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