Easy French Reader: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students by r. de roussy de sales

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April 17,2025

This book has been very effective toward improving my French reading skills.
It starts off with very simple stories (assuming you already have a beginner vocabulary to work with), which gradually increase in length and complexity.
Throughout the book, in the margins of each page, you will have translations for new words and expressions that are introduced.

I highly recommend this book to students of the French language!

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Cheems_bo

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April 17,2025

J'ai aimé les histoires mais la troisième partie m'est beaucoup ennuyé.

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Natsu_D_Luffy

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April 17,2025

If you would like to teach yourself French, this is a great place to start. There's a French/English dictionary at the end of the book, and English words are included in the margins throughout the book to help you along. The dialogues were cute and sometimes humorous, and I enjpyed learning the story of the country. The book gave me a great feeling of achievement to start with simple dialogues and by the end to read great French authors. Now I have the confidence to think I could do more, which may be the best compliment for a textbook.

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WolfieGrrrl

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April 17,2025

At first, the contents are very boring and tedious, then it gets increasingly useful with historical facts and figures. In the second part, there are a few classic short stories which are the best reading materials.

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Hakkniv

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April 17,2025

This starts out really easy (and boring) but moves quickly into more interesting material on famous people, and then into simple literature excerpts. I thought this book was an excellent review of French for people like me, who learned it years ago but are pretty rusty.

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after1863

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April 17,2025

A very useful book for someone at the beginning to intermediate stages of learning French. This book grows with the reader, so she can read more advanced passages as she advances in the language. I enjoyed all three sections, the first about an American girl and a French boy, the second about French history, and the third with well-known short stories by famous French authors. The stories that Sales selected for the third part are entertaining and offer a glimpse into specific aspects of French life during the time of the authors.
I highly recommend this book to people who want to feel more comfortable reading French and who want to continue learning vocabulary and style as they go.

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