A good french book to read (bilingual french/english)?

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I am learning French at school, as well as Spanish. I recently got an abbreviated copy of "Don Quixote", bilingual spanish and english and am enjoying it so far.

I was wondering what would be a suitable book to read which is French/English bilingual. I would prefer a classic, but was thinking along the lines of "Tartuffe" which looks quite interesting. I was also thinking about Papillon, which is not a classic, but looks really good,e xcept I can't seem to find a bilingual version.

Anyway, could someone please reccommend an interesting bilingual French novel, that I could find which would not be overly difficult (eg shakespeare type language)

Many thanks, and 10 points to the best answer.

Doethineb · Accepted Answer

You could try books in this series http://www.amazon.com/French-Stories-Bantam-Dual-language-Book/dp/B000GRBNB2 or you could try the Contes/Stories of Maupassant, which everyone seems to enjoy. It is easy to find both French and English versions and you can find them on line too. http://maupassant.free.fr/contes1.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/

In case these are too modern, there is also Stendhal's "The Red and the Black"/"Le Rouge et le Noir" http://www.amazon.com/Red-Black-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447644
or you could try Flaubert's Madame Bovary. http://www.amazon.com/Red-Black-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447644

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