Lessons in French

Lessons in French
Author: Laura Kinsale
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402245645

Laura Kinsale's unique and powerfully written love stories transcend the romance genre. In this, her first new book in five years, she delivers a poignant, funny, sexy, Regency romance sure to delight her many fans and attract a whole new readership. Trevelyan and Callie are childhood sweethearts with a taste for adventure, until the fateful day her father discovers them embracing in the carriage house and, in a furious frenzy, drives Trevelyan away in disgrace. Nine long, lonely years later, Trevelyan returns. Callie discovers that he can still make her blood race and fill her life with excitement, but he can't give her the one thing she wants more than anything—himself. For Trevelyan, Callie is a spark of light in a world of darkness and deceit. Before he can bear to say his last goodbyes, he's determined to sweep her into one last, fateful adventure, just for the two of them. Praise for Lessons in French: "Laura Kinsale creates magic. Her characters live, breathe, charm, and seduce, and her writing is as delicious and perfectly served as wine in a crystal glass."— Lisa Kleypas "I loved it! Lessons in French is a delicious new Kinsale that couples the charm of Midsummer Moon with the intensity of Seize the Fire or The Shadow and the Star. Intrigue, drama, secrets, passion, and a grand romance make this a wonderful addition to Laura Kinsale's already excellent repertoire."— Jennifer Ashley, USA Today bestselling author of The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie "A rich and rewarding romance from the legendary Laura Kinsale!"—Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author of Loving a Lost Lord "A truly gifted writer, Laura Kinsale is one of the romance genre's brightest stars."—Loretta Chase, New York Times bestselling author of Don't Tempt Me

French Lessons

French Lessons
Author: Ellen Sussman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 034552277X

A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city with a French tutor, learning about language, love, and loss as their lives intersect in surprising ways. Josie, Riley, and Jeremy have come to the City of Light for different reasons: Josie, a young high school teacher, arrives in hopes of healing a broken heart. Riley, a spirited but lonely expat housewife, struggles to feel connected to her husband and her new country. And Jeremy, the reserved husband of a renowned actress, is accompanying his wife on a film shoot, yet he feels distant from her world. As they meet with their tutors—Josie with Nico, a sensitive poet; Riley with Phillippe, a shameless flirt; and Jeremy with the consummately beautiful Chantal—each succumbs to unexpected passion and unpredictable adventures. Yet as they traverse Paris’s grand boulevards and intimate, winding streets, they uncover surprising secrets about one another—and come to understand long-buried truths about themselves.

French Lessons

French Lessons
Author: Alice Kaplan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 022656648X

“[A] cultural odyssey, a brave attempt to articulate the compulsions that drove [Kaplan] to embrace foreignness in order to become truly herself.” —The Washington Post Book World Brilliantly uniting the personal and the critical, French Lessons is a powerful autobiographical experiment. It tells the story of an American woman escaping into the French language and of a scholar and teacher coming to grips with her history of learning. In spare, midwestern prose, by turns intimate and wry, Kaplan describes how, as a student in a Swiss boarding school and later in a junior year abroad in Bordeaux, she passionately sought the French “r,” attentively honed her accent, and learned the idioms of her French lover. When, as a graduate student, her passion for French culture turned to the elegance and sophistication of its intellectual life, she found herself drawn to the language and style of the novelist Louis-Ferdinand Celine. At the same time, she was repulsed by his anti-Semitism. At Yale in the late 70s, during the heyday of deconstruction she chose to transgress its apolitical purity and work on a subject “that made history impossible to ignore”: French fascist intellectuals. Kaplan’s discussion of the “de Man affair” —the discovery that her brilliant and charismatic Yale professor had written compromising articles for the pro-Nazi Belgian press—and her personal account of the paradoxes of deconstruction are among the most compelling available on this subject. French Lessons belongs in the company of Sartre’s Words and the memoirs of Nathalie Sarraute, Annie Ernaux, and Eva Hoffman. No book so engrossingly conveys both the excitement of learning and the moral dilemmas of the intellectual life.

Lessons in French

Lessons in French
Author: Hilary Reyl
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145168794X

It's 1989, the Berlin Wall is coming down, and Kate has just graduated from Yale, eager to pursue her dreams as a fledgling painter. When she receives a job offer to work as the assistant to Lydia Schell, a famous American photographer in Paris, she immediately accepts. Kate may speak fluent French, but she arrives at the Schell household in the fashionable Sixth Arrondissement both dazzled and wildly impressionable. She finds herself surrounded by a seductive cast of characters, including the bright, pretentious Schells, with whom she boards, and their assortment of famous friends; Kate's own flamboyant cousin; a fellow Yalie who seems to have it all figured out; and a band of independently wealthy young men with royal lineage. As Kate rediscovers Paris and her roots there, while trying to fit into Lydia's glamorous and complicated family, she begins to question the kindness of the people to whom she is so drawn as well as her own motives for wanting them to love her.

The Complete French Grammar Course

The Complete French Grammar Course
Author: Dylane Moreau
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre:
ISBN:

Learn the French grammar with this easy French textbook full of examples and exercises! This course is divided into 7 chapters and includes 200 exercises and free video lessons for each point. The method is simple: start from a simple sentence and add slowly more elements to it. Then practice after each new element with one or more exercises.

French Lessons

French Lessons
Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2002
Genre: Dinners and dining
ISBN: 9780375713323

Learn French: Must-Know French Slang Words & Phrases

Learn French: Must-Know French Slang Words & Phrases
Author: Innovative Language Learning
Publisher: Innovative Language Learning
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2019-04-29
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Do you want to learn French the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn French: Must-Know French Slang Words & Phrases by FrenchPod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of French teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ French Slang Words & phrases!

New French With Ease

New French With Ease
Author: Anthony Bulger
Publisher: Assimil Gmbh
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1998-06-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9782700513844

"Méthode d'apprentissage du français pour anglophones.

The Complete Pronunciation Course

The Complete Pronunciation Course
Author: Dylane Moreau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-01-30
Genre:
ISBN:

The Complete French Pronunciation Course includes: - The Complete Pronunciation Course' book - 55 videos: available for free on YouTube - 105 recordings for listening practice(After purchase, simply send us an email with the proof of purchase and we will give you access to the recordings)This French pronunciation course goes over everything you need to know to understand how French pronunciation works and be able to speak French with confidence. What you will learn in the 55 lessons: - The alphabet, the accents and how to spell - What not to pronounce in French- When to link words in French- The nasal vowels - The vowels - The consonants - Unusual pronunciation in French - Put everything into practice with 3 French Reading Practices Pronunciation is closely linked with your ability to hear the sound. If you can't hear the sound, you can't pronounce it. The 105 recordings are made to focus on specific sounds alone and in words. Listening to them often will help you with your pronunciation and you will also be able to understand spoken French better. Everything you need to take your French to the next level!

Learn French - Level 7: Intermediate

Learn French - Level 7: Intermediate
Author: Innovative Language Learning
Publisher: Innovative Language Learning
Total Pages: 196
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Listen to audio lessons, while you read along! Buy or sample now! Interactive. Effective. And FUN! Start speaking French in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Learn French - Level 7: Intermediate: - a completely new way to learn French with ease! Learn French - Level 7: Intermediate: will arm you with French and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your French friends and family, teachers, and colleagues. What you get in Learn French - Level 7: Intermediate: - 330+ pages of French learning material - 25 French lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section - 25 Audio Lesson Tracks (over 4.5 hours of French lessons) - 25 Audio Review Tracks (practice new words and phrases) - 25 Audio Dialog Tracks (read along while you listen) This book is the most powerful way to learn French. Guaranteed. You get the two most powerful components of our language learning system: the audio lessons and lesson notes. Why are the audio lessons so effective? - powerful and to the point - syllable-by-syllable breakdown of each word and phrase so that you can say every word and phrase instantly - repeat after the professional teacher to practice proper pronunciation - cultural insight and insider-only tips from our teachers in each lesson - fun and relaxed approach to learning - effortlessly learn from bi-lingual and bi-cultural hosts as they guide you through the pitfalls and pleasures of France and French. Why are the lesson notes so effective? - improve listening comprehension and reading comprehension by reading the dialog transcript while listening to the conversation - grasp the exact meaning of phrases and expressions with natural translations - expand your word and phrase usage with the expansion section - master and learn to use French grammar with the grammar section Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning, and start speaking French instantly!