This excellent anthology introduces newcomers to 50 great writers. Beginners can get their first taste of Voltaire, Rousseau, Balzac, Baudelaire, and Proust with passages from The Red and the Black, Les Misérables, Madame Bovary, and other classics.

LDF Notes: Bilingual book. Includes approx. 10 page of introductory text presenting the writer and the chosen text. English translations on opposite page.