Written in 1831, The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo is a beloved French gothic novel which centers around the wondrous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Set during the reign of King Louis XI, we are introduced to the gypsy dancer Esmerelda. A beautiful girl, both inside and out, Esmerelda captures the hearts of everyone around her, including Captain Phoebus, Pierre Gringoire, and the hunchback Quasimodo, who is hidden away in the tower...

Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.

'War and Peace' has been described as the Illiad and the Odyssey of the Russian people, with just cause. This is a work that speaks to the meaning and hope of life. Tolstoy's realism forced him to strip away much of the glorification of war and show the realities. Yet Tolstoy presents the events of 1812 as a moral crusade, and that the Russians won against the Napoleonic onslaught because of their adherence to simple, good and true virtues (as much...

From the Publisher: Young Major Heyward is assigned to escort Cora and Alice Munro through the dangerous frontier wilderness and deliver them safely to their father at Fort William Henry. But their guide, the evil Magua, leads the two women and their escorts into a trap. The frontiersman Hawkeye and his Mohican companions set out to rescue the kidnapped women, but the sly and clever Magua is the most murderous of enemies. To help students experience...

Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.

Captioned illustrations depict basic vocabulary words in French.

An overview of French literature as it evolved from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.   In this compact yet wide-ranging volume, the many aspects of French literature and the different tendencies of successive schools are shown in the light of contemporaneous political and artistic developments.   A Concise Survey of French Literature explores the relationship between literature and the evolution of French thought, deeply concerned,...

Un corpus de lais constitué sur plusieurs décennies. Dans notre mémoire littéraire, l'apparition des lais narratifs bretons a fait deux fois événement : pour les auditeurs du XIIe siècle, qui en ont fait un succès littéraire – déterminant ainsi la constitution d'un genre qui a fait école – mais aussi pour nous, lecteurs contemporains, qui n'avons cessé, depuis leur découverte, de les éditer, de les traduire, d'en commenter l'énigmatique...

In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal-- before a coldblooded killer paints the town red.

When Fabienne Bissette attends the annual Met Gala for an exhibit honoring her grandmother Estella, a famed designer, she begins to learn more about her grandmother's past, uncovering a story of tragedy, heartbreak, and secrets.