French
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Nouveaux contes de féesNew Fairy TalesComtesse de Ségur
Fairy tales written for the author's grandchildren, and still read to French children today.
7 texts57 minBeginnerLes malheurs de SophieSophie's MisfortunesComtesse de SégurA small girl who cannot stop getting into trouble, chapter after chapter. Simple French, real plot.
13 texts2 hrBeginnerLettres de mon moulinLetters from My WindmillAlphonse DaudetLetters from a windmill in Provence: village stories, told slowly and with great affection.
20 texts4 hrIntermediateContes de la BécasseWoodcock TalesGuy de MaupassantStories told round a hunting table in Normandy, each one shorter and harder than it first appears.
11 texts2 hrAdvancedMademoiselle FifiMademoiselle FifiGuy de MaupassantWartime and Paris, in the same flat unsparing voice. The master of the French short story.
9 texts2 hrAdvanced