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FRENCH SLANG

The Key to Spoken French

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Slang, known as "l'argot,"
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Marcel Allain

Fantomas poster


Alphonse Allais

Gason Bachelard

bachelard

 

Balzac

Georges Bataille

Baudelaire

Hervé Baudelaire

 

Yves Beauchemin

Yves Beauchemin

 

Bernadin de St. Pierre

Bernadin de St. Pierre

Aloysius Bertrand

La Bible

 

Antoine Blondin

Blondin

 

Henri Bosco

Bosco

 

Pierre Boulez

Jeanne Bourin

 

Georges Brassens

brassens

 

Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

 

Aristide Bruant

Bruant


Albert Camus

Marie Cardinal

 

Blaise Cendrars

cendrars

 

Chateaubriand

chateaubrian

 

Mary Higgins Clark

Bernard Clavel

 

Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

 

Albert Cohen

Benjamin Constant

Corneille

Patricia Cornwell

Cyrano de Bergerac

 

 

Roald Dahl

roald dahl

 

Pierre Daninos

 

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

 

Régine Deforges

 

Charles DeGaulle

Charles DeGaulle

 

Descartes

 

Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle

 

Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

 

Umberto Eco

umberto eco

 

Paul Eluard

 

Gustave Flaubert

faubert

 

Anatole France

Anatole France

 

Jostein Gaarder

Romain Gary

Jean Genet

Maurice Genevoix

 

 

Jean Giono

gino

 

Jean Giraudoux

Julien Gracq

Grimm brothers

 

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

 

Christian Jacq

Christian Jacq

 

Franz Kafka

kafka

 

Joseph Kessel

Rudyard Kipling

Philippe Labro

Madame de LaFayette

D.H. Lawrence

 

Paul Léautaud

Paul Leautaud

Maurice Leblanc

John LeCarré

LECTURES: "Collége de France"
Pierre Boulez
Jean Delumeau
P.-B. De Gennes
Claude Hagege
Emmanuel Leroy-Ladurie
Pierre Toubert
Jean-Pierre Vernant
Pierre Bourdier

 

Françoise Lefèvre

Thierry Le Luron

David Lodge

 

Jack London

Jack London

 

H.P. Lovecraft

Pierre Louÿs

Brian Lumley

Machiavel

Patricia MacDonald

 

André Malraux

mairaux

 

Thomas Mann

 

Guy de Maupassant

maupassant

 

François Mauriac

 

Prosper Merimée

Prosper Merimee

 

Henry Miller

Mirabeau

Yves Montand

Pierre Moustier

 

Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

 

Pierre Mac Orlan

Jean d' Ormesson

Blaise Pascal

Henri Guillemin

 

Arturo Perez-Reverte

Arturo Perez-Reverte

 

Marie-France Pisier

 

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

 

Francis Poulenc

 

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prevert

 

Marcel Proust

proust

 

Yann Queffélec

Raymond Queneau

 

Jules Renard

Jules Renard

 

Restif de la Bretonne

Alina Reyes

Arthur Rimbaud

Henri_Pierre Roche

Jules Roy

Marquis de Sade

 

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Saint-Exupery

 

Saint-Simon

 

George Sand

George Sand

 

Albertine Sarrazin

Jean-Paul Sartre

Geneviève Serreau

 

Marie Shelley

Marie Shelley

 

Georges Simenon

simenon

 

P. Siniac

Madame de Staël

John Steinbeck

Georges Steiner

Robert Louis Stevenson

Bram Stoker

Eugène Sue

 

Tati

Henri Troyat

Paul Verlaine

Jules Vallès

 

Boris Vian

Vian

 

Henri Viard

Alfred Vigny

Jean Vilar & Agnès Varda

Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Louise de Vilmorin

 

Voltaire

voltaire

 

Kurt & Brecht Weill

 

Bernard Werber

Bernard Werber

 

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

 

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

 

Marguerite Yourcenar

yourcenar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alphabetical listing by author or subject

A | B| C | D | E-F | G | H-J | k-L | M | N-P | Q-S | T-Z

Poetry Collections | La Bible | Science Fiction | WW I & II | English & German

NOTE: The numbers in brackets [ ] are your order number. The number in parentheses ( ) is the number of tapes or CDs included for the price that follows. Please write down the order number, title,
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A

[1660-RF] Abbé Pierrer. L'Appel de l'abbé Pierre. February 1954 appeal to the French nation on behalf of the homeless. Many other documents and interviews of the period from French oral archives. (1) $16.95

[1243-RF] La Guerre d'Algérie. The participants and witnesses to the Algerian War speak about their experiences many for the first time.
(7) $59.95

[1843-LQP] Allain, Marcel. Fantomas, le paravent chinois. Theatrical adaptation of an adventure of the famous crime fighter. (2) $28.95

[1844-LQP] Allain, Marcel. La Vengeance de Fantomas. Theatrical adaptation of an adventure of the famous crime fighter. (2) $28.95

[1004-VSL] Allais, Alphonse. Amours, délices et orgues. The French humorist offers us witty recipes for success in areas such as adultery, politics, and marriage. (1) $21.95

[1813-LQP] Allais, Alphonse. Bien l'bonjour d'Alphonse. More humor from "Alphonse." (1) $21.95

[1939-AV] Amour.Grandes Scènes d'amour du théâtre français.
Scenes from Corneille to Claudel interpreted by leading actors. (1 CD) $24.95

[1403-LQP] Apollinaire. Alcools. Actor Daniel Gelin reads this famous collection of poems. (1) $21.95

[1718-LQP] Apollinaire, Desnos, Queneau, etc. Drôles de poèmes pour enfants sages. Selection of poems including: Queneau, Un Enfant a lit; Desnos, La Sauterelle; Apollinaire, Le Dromadaire; Vian, Un Poisson d'avril. Read by Compagnie René Bourdet. (1) $21.95

[1210-VSL] Jeanne d'Arc. Lecture by historian, Henri Guillemin. (1) $22.95
[1404-LV] Arnaud, Georges. Le Salaire de la peur. Story of truck drivers racing against time to bring their cargoes of nitroglycerin to the site of a raging oilwell fire. (3) $34.95

[1018-RF] Raymond Aron. French social and political thinker. Radio interview with Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1774-TH] Auster, Paul. La Cité de verre. A telephone throws Quinn,
a mystery story writer, into an incredible adventure. (4) $39.95

[1GA066] Aymé, Marcel. Les Contes rouges du chat perché. Marcel Aymé brings the reader into the world of Delphine and Marinette, two little girls. They play tricks on their parents with the complicity of animals who speak the language of childhood. Read by actor Michel Galabru and others. (2 + book) $35.95

[1673-RF] Aymé Marcel. La Vouivre. Loves, jealousies, and hatreds in a village. (4) $39.95

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B

[1781-RF] Bachelard. Causeries sur la poésie et les éléments. The leading French philosopher, literary critic of this century discusses his theories. (2CDs) $44.95

[1312-EF] Balzac. Gambara. The story of Signore Paolo Gambara, a poor musician who dreams about writing a great opera, Mahomet. Excerpts. (1) $24.95

[1GA067] Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Sophie Arthuys and a group of actors read the story of Peter Pan and his adventures in never-never land where he meets Captain Hook. (2 + book) $35.95

[1430-TH] Bataille, Georges. Le Bleu du ciel. Written in 1935, the physical, sexual, and moral decadence of the characters mirrors the nausea experienced by the author facing the approaching war. (4) $39.95

[1152-OH] Baudelaire. Les Fleurs du mal. This famous collection of poems is read by the actor Claude Beauclair. (1) $13.95

Baudelaire, see below under Poe.

[1154-AV] Bazin, Hervé. Vipère au poing. The struggle of the unloved child, Jean Rezeau, who takes refuge in his anger. Read by Pierre Vaneck. (5 CDs) $44.95

[1811-LV] Beauchemin, Yves. Le Matou. More than a million copies have been sold of this popular Quebecois novel full of touching characters. Florent, a young man who lives in Montreal and dreams of owning a restaurant, his wife who dreams of having a child, and of M. Emile, a strange 6-year-old boy who dreams of being adopted. . . (4) $36.95

[1750-KFP] Bernadin de St. Pierre. Paul et Virginie. Idyllic novel about Paul and Virginie who grow up on an island, love one another, and then are separated. An abridged version of this famous 18th-century novel. (2) $26.95

[1431-VSL] Bertrand, Aloysius. Gaspard de la nuit. A collection of fantasies, forming a succession of scintillating, often grotesque images. (2) 26.95

LA BIBLE
A group of actors read the ecumenical translation in modern French.
[1405-VSL] La Genèse (3) $31.95
[1406-VSL] L'Exode (3) $31.95

BIBLE COMMENTARIES by Elie Wiesel
The first 5 books of the Old Testament commented on by Nobe Prize winner Elie Wiesel. Quotations read by leading actors.
[1156-RF] Adam, Noé (1) $16.95
[1159-RF] Joseph, Moise (1) $16.95
[1160-RF] Moise (1) $16.95
[1161-RF] Josué (1) $16.95
[1162-RF] Samuel, Saul, David (1) $16.95
[1163-RF] Jérémie (1) $16.95

[1525-VSL] Blondin, Antoine. Un Singe en hiver. An old innkeeper in Normandy combats the humiliation of the German occupation by drinking.
(4) $34.95

[1732-DI] Bosco, Henri. Histoires d'animaux. Tales in which animals speak and participate in intricate plots. (1) $18.95

[1GA068] Bosco, Henri. L'Enfant et la rivière. Pascalet is fascinated by the nearby river he has never seen. And one day when his parents are away. . . .
(2 + book) $35.95

[1946-LQP] Boulez, Pierre. Lecture at the College de France: "L'Oeuvre:
tout/fragment." (9) $64.95

[1319-AV] Boulle, Pierre. Le Pont de la rivière Kwai. The cruel destiny of Colonel Nicholson, an English prisoner of the Japanese during WW II. Read by actor Jean Rochefort. (5) $39.95

[1864/65-LV] Bourin, Jeanne. Les Pérégrines. The popular historical novelist recounting the story of three young French women who go on the crusade to Jerusalem in 1099. (10) $74.95

[1866/67-LV] Bourin, Jeanne. Les Compagnons d'éternité. The sequel and final episode of " Les Pérégrines ." The three young women attempt to settle in Jerusalem while many of their companions return to France.(9) $69.95

[1020-RF] Georges Brassens. The French balladier is interviewed on Radio France by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1433-LQP] Georges Brassens. 90-minute interview on French radio. Brassens talks about music, songs, talent, love, morality, power, and commitment. (1) $21.95.

[1021-RF] Jacques Brel. Belgian poet and songwriter. Radio interview with Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95.

[1529-VSL] Bronte, Emily. Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent. The story of the ill-fated lovers, Cathy and Heathcliff. (3) $31.95

[1528-EF] Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. The passionate tale of the orphaned young woman who comes to Thornfield castle to become a governess and falls in love with the moody Mr. Rochester. Excerpts reads by actress Fanny Ardant. (2) $34.95

[13200-LQP] Aristide Bruant. Paris 1900. Songs by this flamboyant figure are sung by Moloudji. (1) $21.95

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C

[1016-AV] Camus, Albert. L'Etranger. Meursault is a stranger in a society whose values he rejects. Noted actor Michael Lonsdale reflects the detachment of Meursault, even when faced by his own execution. (3) $29.95

[1868-LQP] Cardinal, Marie. La Mule de corbillard. The life of Mme Couturier who seeks vengeance for the land which was taken from her. (2) $28.95

[1869-LQP] Cauvin, Patrick. 8 Jours en été. A wife, three children, a job, a suddenly during eight summer days, adventure, love, and happiness. (5) $52.95

[1664-LQP] Céline ou l'extraordinaire épopée de Ferdinand Bardamu. Theatrical perfomance based on excerpts from Céline's works. (1) $21.95

[1790-RF] Cendrars, Blaise. "En bourlinguant." Radio interview of Cendrars, inveterate traveler and poet. In his poems travel becomes a mystical experience.
(2 CDs) $44.95

[1171-RF] Cendrars, Blaise. Du Monde entier au coeur du monde. Selection of poems read by actor Richard Bohringer. (2) $26.95

[1814-LQP] Cendrars, Blaise. Les Pâques à New York. Poems written by Cendrars during his stay in New York in 1912. (1) $19.95

[1807-RF] Claude Chabrol. Autoportrait. France's leading movie directors, tells the story of his youth in Paris and the provinces. (2) $26.95

[1022-RF] Marc Chagall. The Russian painter is Interviewed on Radio France by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1937-LQP] Chateaubriand. Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Excerpts. (6) $52.95

[1408-LV] Chateaubriand. René. When Amélie realized her incestuous feelings for her brother René, she retires to a convent. René, who typifies the Romantic hero, takes refuge in the wilds of North America. Read by 4 actors. (1) $16.95

[1182-RF] Chateaubriand. Chateaubriand, une vie, une oeuvre. The tumultuous life and work of one of France's leading romantics, with extracts from his Mémoires d'outre tombe, told by a leading actor of the Comédie Française. (1) $26.95

[1871-LV] Clark, Mary Higgins. La Clinique du docteur H. Mystery. Katie looks out of her window at night and sees a man pulling a corpse. Did the man see her? The nightmare begins. (6) $46.95

[1872-LV] Clark, Mary Higgins. Un Cri dans la nuit. Mystery. When a young divoced mother of two meets and marries the man of her dreams, she is caught in a horrifying nightmare. (6) $46.95

[1506-LV] Clavel, Bernard. Malataverne. In a small village three adolescents representing the social ladder of the village are involved in petty crimes. They decide to steal the savings of an old woman. Read by a cast of actors. (3 ) $34.95

[1541-LQP] Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf. Cocteau's acceptance speech at the Académie Française, together with Edith Piaf reading "Le Bel Indifférent." (1) $21.95

[1931-RF] Cocteau, Jean. Journal sonore du Testament d'Orphée. Live recording of the filming with its famous protagonists, Picasso, Jean Marais, and Cocteau himself, (2 CDs) $44.95

[1343-LQP] Cocteau, Jean. La Voix humaine. A woman frantically tries to pursue a telephone conversation with her lover who is abandoning her. A rare recording by actress Simone Signoret. (1) $21.95

[1874-LQP] Cohen, Albert. Le Livre de ma mère. A dramatic adaptation of the well known novel describing the author's childhood in Marseille at the turn of the century. (1) $21.95

[1746-LV] Collard, Cyril. Les Nuits fauves. The life of a young HIV-positive bisexual who does not reveal his illness to a 17-year-old girl who falls madly in love with him. The book created a great deal of controversy when it was published in France. Read by a group of actors. (5) $40.95

[1469-EF] Constant, Benjamin. Adolphe. Young Adolphe is in love with Ellénore, an older woman, who leaves her protector and two children to follow him. (2) $38.95

[1685-H] Corneille. Cinna. Performed by noted actors Christine Fersen, Lucienne LeMarchand, and others. (2 CDs) $44.95

[1039-RF] Corneille. Horace. A Comédie Française performance. (2) $26.95 OR 1686-H (2 CDs) $44.95

[1644-H] Corneille. Nicomède. An all-star cast, including Jacques Toja. (2CDs) $44.95

[1642-H] Corneille. Polyeucte. Ann all-star cast including Paul-Emile Deiber and Michel Bouquet. (2CDs) $44.95

[1932-LV] Cornwell, Patricia. Morts en eaux troubles. A mystery with Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell's famous coroner. (6) $46.95

[1875-LQP] Cyrano de Bergerac. L'Autre Monde. Short story dealing with the Earth, the power of imagination, and the human body written by a precurser of the philosophes. (2) $28.95

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D

[1GA075] Dahl, Roald. Charlie et le grand ascenseur de verre. Charlie Bucket, now the owner of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, flies above the factory in a glass elevator. As Charlie and his family climb to outer space they discover a world of fantastic beings. (2 + book) $35.95

[1346-LQP] Daninos, Pierre. Les Carnets de Major Thompson. An English Major who makes his home in Paris pokes fun at all things French and English. Excerpts read by the author. (1) $21.95

[1411-LQP] Daudet, Alphonse. Contes du lundi. Collection of short stories sketching life during the Franco-Prussian War. The most famous is "La Dernière Classe", the moving story of an Alsatian teacher giving his last class in French now that Alsace has been turned over to Germany and German will become the official language. (1) $19.95

[1757-KFP] Daudet, Alphonse. Le Petit Chose. Autobiography describing Daudet's childhood and difficult beginnings as a writer. (2) $26.95

[1043-EF] Deforges, Régine. Pour l'amour de Marie Salat. While browsing in a secondhand bookstore, Régine Deforges came across postcards addressed to "Marie." As she read them, she realized that they were love letters exchanged by two women. (1) $22.95

[1762-LV] DeGaulle, Charles. L'Appel. The military, political, and diplomatic events that lead to World War II, the reasons for France's defeat, and the setting up of Free France in London. (3) $34.85

[1763-LV] DeGaulle, Charles. L'Afrique, Londres, l'Orient. The difficulties in rallying the French colonies and the tenuous relationship with the English. (3) $34.95

[1764-LV] DeGaulle, Charles. Les Alliés, la France combattante. The entry of the United Sates in the war, the difficult relationship with the Americans, and the governments in exile. (3) $34.95

[1412-RF] DeGaulle, Charles. L'Histoire en direct. Events in the life of DeGaulle through recordings of the time and testimony of participants: Algeria, 13 May 1958; the Putsch, 22 April 1961; the assassination attempt at the Petit-Clamart, 22 August 1962; Montreal, 24 July 1967; the Referendum, 27 April 1969. (5) $46.95

[1820-LQP] Descartes. Discours de la méthode. (2) $28.95

Desnos, see Apollinaire.

[1558-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, 1. "Un Scandale en Bohème," "La Ligue des rouquins," "Une Affaire d'identité." (2) $26.95

[1559-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, 2. "Le Mystère du Val Boscombe," " Les Cinq Pépins d'orange," " L'Homme à la lèvre tordue." (2) $26.95

[1560-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, 3. "L'Escarboucle bleue," "Le Ruban Mouchet," "Le Pouce de l'ingénieur."
(2) $26.95

[1657-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, 4. "Un Aristocrate célibataire," "Le Diadème de Beryls," "Les Etres rouges." (2) $26.95

[1927-MA] Doyle, Conan, Le Chien des Baskerville. Dramatization. (1) $9.95

[1656-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Mémoires de Sherlock Holmes, 1. "Flamme d'argent," "La Figure jaune," "L'Employé de l'agent de change." (2) $26.95/p>

[1699-LV] Doyle, Conan. Les Mémoires de Sherlock Holmes, 2. "Le Gloria-Scott," "Le Rituel des Musgraves," "Les Propriétaires de Reigate." (2) $26.95

[1191-LV] Drieu la Rochelle, Pierre. Récit secret. The "auteur maudit" relates the last six months before his suicide and attempts to justify his collaboration with the Germans during the occupation. (2) $26.95

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E-F

[1876/77/78-LV] Eco, Umberto. Le Nom de la rose. In 1327, a Franciscan monk and his assistant arrive at an abbey in Provence where they are asked to solve the mysterious death of a young monk. (13) $99.95

[1880/1911/1925-LV] Eco, Umberto. La Pendule de Foucault. Won the Goncourt Prize of 1993. During the night of 23 June 1984, a man remains hidden in a museum attempting to discover what happened to his friend who has mysteriously disappeared there. (15) $109.95

[1856-LQP] Eco, Umberto. Lecture at the College de France: "La Quête d'une langue parfaite dans l'histoire de la culture européenne." (1) $21.95

[1449-LQP] Eluard, Paul. Liberté. Poèmes choisis. "Liberté" was written in 1942, the worst year of the war. Copies were dropped to the French underground by the British Air Force. The poem became a symbol of the French Resistance. (1) $21.95

[1535-RF] Fernandel. Jacques Chancel interviews the popular French comedian. (1) $16.95

[1929-RF] Ferré, Léo. Premières chansons. The songs that made Léo Ferré famous: L'Ile Saint-Louis, Barbarie, A Saint Germain-des Pres, La Vie d'artiste, etc. (1 CD) $29.95

[1051-OH] Flaubert, Gustave. Un Coeur simple. The exquisitely simple story of Félicité who at age 16 becomes a servant in the village of Pont-L'Evêque in Normandy. Her daily life centers upon her widowed mistress, the widow's children, her own sailor nephew, and finally a parrot. (1) $13.95

[1650/51/1796-TH] Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education sentimentale. Frédéric Moreau, a student in Paris around 1840, is in love with Mme Arnoux. A brilliant example of a social novel, personal confession, moral study, and love story. (12) $104.95

[1658/59-LV] Flaubert, Gustave. Salammbô. In Ancient Carthage, Flaubert unravels the story of love and war between Mathô, the Libyan leader, who is desperately in love with Salammbô, priestess in the temple of Tanit.
(8) $64.95

[1881-RF] Franc-Maçonnerie, Les origines de la. The history of French freemasonery from the 14th century till today. (2) $26.95

[1759-KFP] France, Anatole. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. In order to help a poor young woman, an old bibliophile sells his most precious belonging: his book and manuscript collection. Abridged. (2) $26.95

[1752-KFP] France, Anatole. Les Dieux ont soif. An action-packed novel set during the French Revolution. (2) $26.95

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[1882/83-LV] Gaarder, Jostein. Le Monde de Sophie. An international bestseller. Sophie, aged 14, receives a series of anonymous letters asking questions such as "What are the origins of the world," questions which reveal the history of philosophy disguised as a novel. (12) $79.95

[1678-LV] Gary, Romain. Gros-Câlin. This is the intriguing story of an "object," called Gros-Calin, and its possessor. Follow the streets of Paris as this story reveals the identity of Gros-Câlin. Read by a cast of actors. (4) $36.95

[1352-EF] Genet, Jean. Le Funamule, L'enfant criminel. For Genet writing is matter of love and hate: love for the criminals and hate for the guardians of morality. His funambulist is a poet, a dreamer who plays with death. Read by
actress Marie Trintignant. (1) $22.95

[1653/54-TH] Genevoix, Maurice. Raboliot. The tale of the poacher, Raboliot, and Bourrel, the lawman who tries to catch him. (8) $69.95

[1452-TH] Giono, Jean. Colline. "Colline," "Un de Baumugnes," and "Regain" (see below) are the most famous of Giono's novels. All set on the lower mountain slopes of Provence, Giono depicts a pastoral life that is simple and poetic. (2) $28.95

[1649-RF] Jean Giono. A 90-minute interview in which Giono reveals his talent as a storyteller. (2 CDs) $44.95

[1453-TH] Giono, Jean. Un de Beaumugnes. The third novel in Giono's trilogy. (2) $28.95

[1052-RF] Giraudoux, Jean. La Folle de Chaillot. Satirical play which portrays the conflicts in a society where money is God and the values of honesty, honor, and love are affirmed only by madwomen. A Comédie Française performance. (2 ) $26.95

[1061-EF] Gracq, Julien. Oeuvres. One of France's most celebrated writers has chosen to read excerpts from some of his most famous works. (2) $24.95

[1652-TH] Grimm brothers. Contes, 1. "Le Roi Grenouille," "Le Pêcheur et sa femme," "Les Trois Cheveux d'or du diable," "Le Petit Poucet, "Peau d'ours, and "Les Gens futés." Read by Marianne Epion of the Comédie française.
(1) $16.95

[1779-TH] Grimm brothers. Contes, 2. "Hansel et Gretel," "Le Pauvre Garçon meunier," "La lumière bleue," "Les Quatre Frères," Les Musiciens de la ville de Brême. Read by Marianne Epion of the Comédie française. (1) $16.95

[1723-LQP] Guitry, Sacha. N'écoutez pas mesdames. Another of Guitry's one-act play on the theme of fidelity and adultery. Brilliantly acted by Guitry and cast. (1) $21.95

H-J

[1886-TH] Hawthorne, Nathanel. Le Minotaure. (1) $16.95

[1459-RF] La Guerre d'Indochine. Thirty-five years after the war which pitted France against Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (1945-54), the protagonists speak out. A fascinating document on a forgotten war. (5) $46.95

[1797/98-TH ] Jacq, Christian, La Pyramide assassinée. First volume of the trilogy "Le Juge d'Egypte." In ancient Egypt, Juge Pazair pursues his investigation of the mysterious death of two guards of the Sphinx. The reader discovers the secrets of medicine, justice and life in that ancient civilization. (8) $69.95

[1799/1800-TH] Jacq, Christian. La Loi du désert. Second volume of the trilogy . [(8) $69.95

[1923/24-TH] Jacq, Christian. La Justice du vizir. Third volume of the trilogy. (8) $69.95

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[1063-AV] Kafka, Franz. La Métamorphose, La Colonie pénitentiaire. "La Métamorphose" was inspired by Kafka's oathing for his family, and the notion that writers are useless rejects of society. "La Colonie" predicts the advent of the totalitarian system. Read by actor Daniel Mesguich. (3 CDs) $29.95

[1GA055] Kessel, Joseph. Le Lion. The wellknown story of Patricia, a lonely little girl in Kenya, and King, the lion with whom she has been brought up.
(2 + book) $35.95

[1575-RF] Kipling, Rudyard. Histoires comme ça. Actor Michael Lonsdale reads Kipling's famous "Just so stories." (1) $16.95

[1068-KFP] Labro, Philippe. L'Etudiant étranger. A French student discovers campus life during the 50s. This autobiographical bestseller read by the author who spent 1954-56 at the University of Washington and Lee. (6) $49.95

[1462-LV] LaBruyere. Les Caractères. Selections from the famous 17th-century author's witty and masterful collection of observations and portraits of human conduct. (2) $26.95

[1069-EF] LaFayette, Madame de. La Princesse de Clèves. The Princesse de Clèves, whose marriage was arranged by her mother, remains loyal to her husband despite the love of the Duc de Nemours. Excerpts read by celebrated actress Michele Morgan. (2) $38.95

[1578-DI] La Tour du Pin, Patrice de. Poèmes. Michel Etcheverry of the Comédie Française interprets 23 poems by this contemporary writer known for his religious tone and non-modernistic approach. (1) $18.95

[1579-VSL] Lawrence, D.H. L'Amant de Lady Chatterley. The story of Lady Chatterley who, married to a writer and intellectual confined to a wheelchair, has a passionate love affair with her gamekeeper, the son of a miner.
(3) $31.95

[1465-LV] Léautaud, Paul. Le Petit Ami. The autobiography of the eccentric essayist and man of letters (1982-1956) who for years was associated with the Mercure de France. (3) 31.95

[1473-LV] Leblanc, Maurice. Arsène Lupin et la Barre-y-va. Another Arsene Lupin adventure. (4 ) $36.95

[1890/91-LV] LeCarré, John. NotreJeu. The bestselling post-Cold War spy novel. [(8) $64.96

LECTURES: "Collège de France"
[1946-LQP] Pierre Boulez. L'Oeuvre: Tout/fragment. (9) $64.95
[1853-LQP] Jean Delumeau. Histoire des mentalités religieuses dans l'occident moderne. (1) $21.95
[1854-LQP] P.-G. De Gennes. Du laser à la fermeture éclair. (1) $21.95
[1856-LQP] Umberto Eco. La Quête d'une langue parfaite dans l'histoire de la
culture européenne. (1) $21.95
[1858-LQP] Claude Hagege, Théorie linguistique. (1) $21.95
[1859-LQP] Emmanuel Leroy-Ladurie. Histoire de la Bibliothèque nationale.
(1) $21.95
[1848-LQP] Pierre Toubert. Histoire de l'occident meditérraneen au
moyen âge. (1) $21.95
[1849-LQP] Jean-Pierre Vernant. Ulysse en personne. (1) $21.95
[1870-LQP] Pierre Bourdier. Sur la télévision. (2) $28.95

[1862-LV] Lefèvre, Françoise. Le Petit Cannibale. The story of a mother who gives up her singing career to devote herself to her autistic son. (3) $34.95

[1538-RF] Le Luron, Thierry. Popular comedian, impersonator interviewed by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1859-LQP] Emmanuel Leroy-Ladurie. Lecture: Histoire de la Bibliothèque nationale. (1) $21.95

[1466-DI] Lettres de la religieuse portugaise. Classic. Masterpiece of French literature. Five letters written by a Portuguese nun to her lover, a French officer, who has deserted her. (1) $16.95

[1892/93-LV] Lodge, David. Thérapie. Lawrence Passmore, a 50-year old television writer, slowly loses contact with the world, is divorced by his wife, and decides to keep a diary which traces his new world. (10) $74.95

[1GA070] London, Jack. L'Appel de la forêt. The dog Buck has been living peacefully for four years in the garden of Judge Miller when he is abducted and sold. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon and strong dogs are needed to pull the sleds. Buck enters a life of misery. (2 + book) $35.95

[1075-VSL] Lovecraft, H.P. Le Monstre sur le seuil. A horror story by a modern Edgar Allan Poe. (1) $21.95

[1074-VSL] Louÿs, Pierre. Aphrodite. The beautiful courtesan Chrysis decides to put her lover Dimitrion to a test. (2) $26.95

[1076-VSL] Lumley, Brian. Necros. A classic horror story. (1) $21.95

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[1772-TH] Machiavel. Le Prince. Noted actor Michel Galabru. reads this political treatise written in 1513. (2) $28.95

[1916-LV] MacDonald, Patricia. Expiation. Mystery. (6) $46.95

[1933-LV] MacDonald, Patricia. La Double Mort de Linda. Mystery.
(6) $46.95

[1934-LV] MacDonald, Patricia. Une Femme sous surveillance. (6) $46.95

[1935-LV] MacDonald, Patricia. Un Etranger dans la maison. (6) $46.95

[1024-RF] André Malraux. The French author is interviewed by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1010-RF] André Malraux. Interviewed by Pierre de Boisdeffre and others
(2 CDs) $44.95

[1581-RF] Malraux, André. Hommage à Jean Moulin. Homage to the leader of the French Resistance when Moulin's ashes were transported to the Pantheon. (1) $16.95

[1582-VSL] Mann, Thomas. La Mort à Venise. Gustave von Aschenbach, a respected German author, arrives in Venice where he finds himself attracted to Tadzio, a 14-year old Polish boy. (3) $31.95

[1253-SA] Maupassant, Guy de. Aux Champs, Alexandre. Two short stories.
In "Aux Champs," a rich woman unable to have children offers money to two poor peasant families to adopt one of their sons. Also the story of Alexander who has remained the devoted servant of abusive Captain Maramballe for 35 years. (1) $16.95

[1255-OH] Maupassant, Guy de. La Ficelle, Les Caresses, Le Lit. Two short stories. "La Ficelle": On market day in a small town, the stingy Normand Maître Hauchecorne picks up a little piece of string only to be accused of having picked up a wallet which had been stolen that morning. Read by
Claude Beauclair. (1) $13.95

[1258-SA] Maupassant, Guy de. La Mère sauvage, Le Petit Soldat. Two tales set in the context of the Franco-Prussian War. Maupassant illustrates the absurdity and the horrors of war with a tale of a mother's grief and the touching story of the friendship of two young soldiers. (1) $16.95

[1082-SA] Maupassant, Guy de. Mon Oncle Jules, Le Parapluie. Short stories. "Mon Oncle Jules": Uncle Jules goes to America seeking his fortune after having squandered both his and his brother's inheritance. In "Le Parapluie," Madame Oreille's stinginess is tested when her husband wants to replace his old umbrella. (1) $16.95

[1259-OH] Maupassant, Guy de. La Parure, Deux Amis, Le Baptème. Short sories. In "La Parure" Mathilde Loisel pays dearly for borrowing a rich friend's diamond necklace to wear to a ball. Read by Claude Beauclair.
(1) $13.95

[1367-BPI] Mauriac, François. Le Baiser au lépreux. The repulsive and sickly
Jean Peloueyre marries the beautiful Noémie to escape from his unbearable solitude. Read by actor Sami Frey. (2) $27.95

[1760-KFP] Mérimée, Prosper. Les Ames du purgatoire. A version of Dom Juan's dissolute life of vice and conquests. (2) $26.95

[1761-KFP] Merimée, Prosper. La Double Méprise. Julie de Chaverny has been married for six years when a former admirer returns from Constantinople. (2) $26.95

[1809-LQP] Henry Miller. Interview in French (Sept. 1969). (1) $21.95

[1087-OH] Mirabeau. Histoire de Rose. 18th-century erotica. (1) $13.95

[1025-RF] Yves Montand. The French actor, singer is interviewed on the radio by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1748-LV] Moustier, Pierre. La Paroi. Two climbers who hate one another find themselves stuck on the face of a mountain. Only by cooperating can they survive. A cast of actors reads this winner of the Grand Prize of Books on Sports. (3) $34.95

[1100-RF] Musset, Alfred de. On ne badine pas avec l'amour. A tragic turn of events prevents toung lovers from uniting. A Comédie Française performance of this classic play. (2) $26.95

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[1478-RF] Gerard de Nerval à Paris. The Nervalian itinerary starts with the roots of his childhood and ends with a tentative diagnosis of his mental sickness through the meanders of his poetic world. (3) $32.95

[1900-RF] L'Opérette c'est la fête. Selections from French operettas by leading performers: Fernandel, Jean Gabin, among others. (1) $16.95

[1GA057] Mac Orlan, Pierre. Les Clients du Bon Chien Jaune. The seaport of Brest in the 18th century, an inn of ill repute, a ship bearing a black flag, a curious young Breton. . . (2 + book) $35.95

[1592/3/4/5-LV] Ormesson, Jean d'. Au Plaisir de Dieu. Jean d'Ormesson, a leading contemporary writer, member of the Académie française, tells the story of an aristocratic family much like his own, the Plessis-Vaudreuil. This is the story of our century, from the Dreyfus Affair, through the Second World War, to the present as seen through the eyes of a "grande famille." The story of our century through the eyes of an aristocratic family. (14) $129.95

[1208-VSL] Pascal, Blaise. Lecture by historian, Henri Buillemin. (1) $22.95

[1919-LV] Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. Le Tableau du maîre flamand. Bestseller in the U.S. and abroad. Julia's quest to solve the enigma of the Latin inscription: "Who killed the knight?" which she discovers while restoring a 15th-century painting. (6) $46.95

[1103-EF] Pisier, Marie-France. Le Bal du gouverneur. Excerpts read by the author, Marie-France Pisier. Set in New Caledonia in the 1950s, a girl fascinated by the troubled adult world around her discovers her own sensuality. (1) $22.95

[1271-LV] Poe, Edgar Allan. M. Dupin au secours de la police. Translation by Baudelaire. Two mysteries solved by Detective Dupin: "Le double assassinat dans la rue Morgue," " La Lettre volée." (2) $26.95

POETRY COLLECTIONS
[1479-RF] Mille et un poèmes, 2. Treasury of French poems of the 20th century, including works by Césaire, Queneau, Supervielle, Saint-John Perse, Michaud, and others. (1 CD + text) $29.95

[1706-RF] Voix de poètes, 1. 20th century poets read their own works: Apollinaire, Claudel, Reverdy, Valéry, Jouve, Aragaon, Malraux, Cocteau, Senghor, Ponge, St-John Perse. (1) $16.95

"Trésors de la poésie Française" Poems on different themes from the Middle Ages to the present interpreted by France's leading actors.
[1940-AV] Amour (1CD) $19.95
[1941-AV] Nature (1CD) $19.95
[1942-AV] Femmes (1CD) $19.95
[1943-AV] Vie et mort (1CD) $19.95
[1944-AV] Voyages (1CD) $19.95

Golden Treasury of Poetry Collection of poems read by leading French actors.
[1054-SA] Charles d'Orléans, Ronsard, Apollinaire. Read by the famous Vilar Vilar of the Théâtre national populaire. (1) $16.95
[1056-SA] Apollinaire, Cocteau, Eluard, Aragon. Read by Gérard Philipe. Jean-Louis Barrault, and other famous actors. (1) $16.95
[1057-SA] Claudel, Valéry, Mauriac, Saint-John Perse. Read by Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeline Renaud, Jean Vilar, and Claude Nollier. (1) $16.95

PROSE COLLECTIONS
[1398-DI] Vous avez dit écrire. Why do they write? Famous writers try to answer: Ionesco, Colette, Kundera, Cocteau, Borges, Duras, Barthes, Butor, Sarraute, Garcia-Marquez, and others. (1 + text) $18.95

[1901-RF] Francis Poulenc. Eighteen interviews in which Poulenc recounts anecdotes about his childhood, early training and his friendships with the intellegentia of his time. Elegantly packaged with written introduction and photos. (2 CDs) $44.95

[1667-RF] Prévert, Jacques. L'Anticléricalisme. Readings and interviews dealing with the poet's distrust of religious dogmas. (1) $16.95

[1663-LQP] Prévert, Jacques. La Crosse en l'air. A drunken bishop launches Prevert into a brizarre tale revealing his anticlericalism and concern for the rise of fascism.(1) $21.95

[1388-LQP] Prévert, Jacques. Le Dîner de têtes, La Femme acéphale. "Le Dîner de têtes" is read by Francois Perier and Sarah Boreo reads "La Femme acephale." (1) $21.95

[1665-RF] Prévert, Jacques. L'Enfance. Prevert reminisces about his childhood in Neuilly where he attended a religious school and played on city streets. Read by the author and sung by Juliette Greco, and others. (1) $16.95

[1707/8-TH] Proust, Marcel. Un Amour de Swann. Noted actor André Dussolier's admiration of Proust shines through his reading of Swann's love for the unattainable Odette de Crécy. (8) $69.95

[1714/15-TH] Proust, Marcel. A L'Ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, 1. This second volume of A la recherche du tempsperdu won Proust the Prix Goncourt in 1920. Read by noted actor Lambert Wilson. (8) $69.95

[1769/70-TH] Proust, Marcel. A L'Ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, 2. Read by Lambert Wilson. (8) $69.95

[1776/7/1902-TH] Proust, Marcel. La Prisonnière. Published a year after Proust's death, this is the first of three texts which conclude A la recherche du temps perdu. Read by André Dussollier. (10) $94.95

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[1106-KFP] Queffélec, Yann. Les Noces barbares. Ludovic, the product of a brutal rape, is despised by both his young mother and grandparents. Prix Goncourt (1985). Read by the author. (5) $47.95

[1904-RF] Raymond Queneau. Series of interviews. Elegantly packaged in a booklet with introduction and photos. (2 CDs) $44.95

[1463-RF] Radio Mémoire, 1. A three-hour tour of the last forty years of French radio: from the call for insurrection of Parisians in August 1944 to recent programs. (2) $26.95

[1903-RF] Radio Mémoire, 2. Rare document of highlights of French radio going back to radio's early years: Vian, Gainsbourg, Michel Simon, and Jean Renoir among many others. (2) $26.95

[1275-RF] Renard, Jules. Le Pain de ménage, La Maîtresse. A Comédie Française performance of two one-act plays: In the first play, a couple becomes involved in the dangerous game of discussing infidelity while their spouses are in nearby rooms. In the second play, a young man and his mistress discuss the intricacies of their relationship. (2) $26.95

[1067-OH] Restif de la Bretonne. Le Récit de Madame Guaé. 18th-century erotica.(1) $13.95

[1603-EF] Reyes, Alina. Le Boucher. The rising sexual desire of a woman for a butcher "that mountain of warm flesh...." Read by Marie-Christine Barrault.
(1) $22.95

[1278-RF] Rimbaud. Scholar recounts the life of the poet. Extracts of poems read by Laurent Terzieff. (2) $26.95

[1608-RF] Rimbaud, Arthur. Une Saison en enfer. (1 CD) $29.95

[1481-VSL] Roche, Henri-Pierre. Jules et Jim. The enduring friendship of two writers, Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchman, and the women they share, including the unpredictable Kate. (4 ) $34.95

[1213-VSL] Rousseau. Lecture by historian Henri Guillemin. (1) $22.95

[1661-RF] Jules Roy. Interviews. Roy speaks of the important themes that have marked his life: his Algerian childhood and the war, his literary life in Paris, his seach for God, and his love of women. (2) $26.95

[1113-OH] Sade, Marquis de. Emilie de Tourville. 18th-century erotica.
(1) $13.95

[1753-KFP] Sade, Marquis de. La Comtesse de Sancerre. 18th-century erotica. (1) $19.95

[1284] Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de. Le Petit Prince. The celebrated recording by Gérard Philipe and Mouloudji. (1) $14.95

[1676-VSL] Saint-Simon. Mémoires. A detailed look at late 17th-century high society. Part 2: (2) $26.95

[1716-RF] Sand, George. Contes d'une grand'mère, 1. Short stories set in a rural setting. (1) $16.95

[1717-RF] Sand, George. Contes d'une grand'mère, 2. More short stories set in a rural setting. (1) $16.95

[1287-KFP] Sand, George. La Mare au diable. This work published in 1846 represents George Sand's desire to bring the rural world into the world of literature. (2) $26.95

[1484-VSL] Sarrazin, Albertine. L'Astragale. A young female convict breaks her anklebone, i.e. the astragalus, while escaping over the prison wall. An authentic picture about life on the run. (4) $34.95

[1425]-RF] Sartre, Jean-Paul. La Tribune des Temps Modernes. Radio discussions (1947) on the role of the writer. Participants: Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty among others. (4) $39.95

SCIENCE FICTION
[1792-CO] Dastier, Dan. Au delà des trouées. (4) 32.95
[1793-CO] Dastier, Dan. L'Enfant de Xena. (3) $29.95
[1794-CO] Dastier, Dan. Le Feu de Klo-ora. (3) $29.95
[1795-CO] Dastier, Dan. Zarnia. (3) $29.95

[1121-EF] Serreau, Geneviève. Nouvelles. Short dramas filled with both laughter and sadness by one of the founders of the Théâtre de Babylone where the early works of Brecht, Beckett and Ionesco were first presented.
(1) $22.95.

[1624-LQP] Shelley, Marie. Frankenstein. The story of an ambitious young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a monstrous creature. Classic tale of Gothic horror. (4) $48.95

[1625-LQP] Simenon, Georges. Maigret et le clochard. Another mystery solved by Inspector Maigret. (2) $28.95

[1846-LQP] Simenon, Georges. Maigret à New York. The pipe smoking detective solves another mystery. (2) $21.95

[1626-LQP] Simenon, Georges. La Première Enquête de Maigret. A young, newly-married, Maigret shows the methods and insights that will make him famous as he investigates a murder involving an influential family. (2) $28.95

[1123-VSL] Siniac, P. Homicide by night. Two short stories by one of France's leading mystery writers. (1) $21.95

[1124-EF] Staël, Madame de. Corinne ou l'Italie. The ill-fated love story of a melancholic Englishman and the passionate, artistic Corinne. Excerpts reads by Francoise Fabian. (1) $24.95

[1742-RF] Staline, Les Deux Morts de. Fascinating testimonies gathered in Russia and in France on the life and death of this dictator. (2) $26.95

[1GA074] Steinbeck, John. Le Poney rouge. One day, Jody discovers a red pony in the stables. When he has trained him and is finally able to ride him, the poney falls sick. (2 + book) $35.95

[1928-RF] Steiner, Georges. Barbarie de l'ignorance. In an attempt to understand how the Germanic culture could have led to Auschwitz, writer and philosopher, Georges Steiner, discusses the meaning of western culture.
(2 CDs) $44.95

[1628-VSL] Stevenson, Robert Louis. L'Ile au trésor. Tale of mutiny, piracy and buried treasure. (5) $39.95

[1700/1/2-LV] Stoker, Bram. Dracula. The classic myth of vanpires is read by a cast of actors. A tale which will entertain, scare and delight you. (11) $98.95

[1677-VSL] Sue, Eugène. Kernok le pirate. Tale of adventures on the high seas. (2) $26.95

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[1733-RF] Tati par Tati. A 1977 interview with the famous writer and actor (1908-82) who gave us "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot." (1) $16.95

[1802-LQP] Troyat, Henri. Le Défi d'Olga. The story of an exiled Russian novelist in Paris who attains fame at the end of her life. Based on the life of Nina Berberova, an exiled Russian novelist in Paris. (3) $38.95

[1816-LQP] Vallès, Jules. L'Insurgé. Novel set during the Commune, the revolt of Parisian workers after the Franco-Prussian War (1871), which resulted in 100,000 dead, 3,500 rebels executed without trial, and 40,000 emprisoned or exiled.
(6) $52.95

[1823-RF] Le Vélo en chansons (1927-1950). A unique compilation of songs celebrating France's love affair with "le vélo" ("bicycle" in French slang). With French-English booklet. (1CD + French-English booklet) $29.95

[1489-VSL] Verlaine, Paul. La Sagesse. Collection of poems. (1) $22.95

[1754-KFP] Verne, Jules. Les Révolté de la Bounty. After having put Captain Bligh out to sea, the SS Bounty and the mutineers head towards Polynesia. Abridged. (1) $19.95

[1295-LV] Verne, Jules. Les Forceurs de blocus. On December 3, 1862, in Glasglow, a crowd gathered to watch the launching of the Dolphin, the fastest ship at the time. With the Civil War raging and Southern ports blocked by Northern cruisers, her mysterious role and unknown destination became the talk of the town. (2) $26.95

[1491-VSL] Verne, Jules. Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine. An adventure story placed in China where Kin-Fo, a wealthy young banker, accompanied by the family philosopher travel through ane xotic land.
(1) $19.95

[1494-LQP] Vian, Boris. Je voudrais pas crever. Texts, poems, and songs by this writer who has come to symbolize the period immediately following World War II performed by the author and the actor Pierre Brasseur. (1) $21.95

[1397-AD] Vian, Boris. Une heure passée avec Boris Vian. Poet, writer, singer, jazzman, inventor, Vian was one of the most gifted St-Germain-des-Prés "existentialistes" of the postwar years. Read by leading actors Jean Rochefort and Yves Robert. (1 compact disc) $29.95

[1297-VSL] Vian, Boris. J'irai cracher sur vos tombes. In postwar U.S., Lee, the light-skinned son of a black man and a white woman wants to avenge the humiliations he has endured. Vian was charged with obscenity for writing this bestseller of 1947. (2) $26.95

[1132-VSL] Viard, Henri. La Bande à Bonape. Léon Bonape is the leader of a Paris mob in this contemporary ganster adventure published as part of Gallimard Editions "Série Noire." (3) $34.95

[1773-KFP] Vigny, Alfred. Les Beaux Poèmes: "La Mort du loup," "La Maison du berger," "Dolorida," "La Prison.". (1) $19.95

[1298-RF] Jean Vilar and Agnès Varda. The film director interviews the man of the theater. (2) $26.95

[1299-LV] Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Claire Lenoir. A bizarre tale of adultery and guilt. (2) $26.95

[1791-RF] Louise de Vilmorin. Radio interview of this famous "femme de lettres" and friend of Malraux. Elegantly packaged with photos.(2 CDs) $44.95

[1302-OH] Voltaire. Candide. The adventures of Candide who has been taught by the philosopher Pangloss that all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds. Read distinctly with the student listener in mind by actor Claude Beauclair. (3) $29.95

[1755-KFP] Voltaire. L'Ingénu. The tormented love of an Indian for a young French woman. Biting social satire which questions the myth of the noble savage. (2) $26.95

[1303-OH] Voltaire. Micromégas. Micromégas, an inhabitant of Saturn, visits the earth where he meets a group of philosophers able to measure the distance to the stars, but unable to défine terms as simple as "soul" and "spirit." Read distinctly with the student listener in mind by French actor Claude Beauclair. (1) $13.95

[1756-KFP] Voltaire. La Princesse de Babylone. The tale of a Babylonian princess who searches the world looking for her lover gives Voltaire the opportunity to pain the mores of ten nations. An oriental fantasy. (2) $26.95

[1920-LQP] Weill, Kurt and Brecht. L'Opéra de Quat' sous. (2) $28.95

[1803-LV] Werber, Bernard. Les Fourmis. This fascinating thriller which takes place simultaneously in the world of men and of ants has become an international bestseller. (6) $46.95

[1907/8-LV] Werber, Bernard. Le Jour des fourmis. "Kill them all!" That is the order given by the queen of the ants to kill all males. Thus begins the sequel to "Les Fourmis." (10) $74.95

[1804-LV] Wiesel, Elie. L'Aube. The Nobel Prize winner tells the tale of Elisha,
a survivor of the death camps now fighting for the creation of the state of Israel, whose mission is to execute a British soldier in retaliation for the execution of a Zionist fighter. (2) $26.95

Wiesel, see also La Bible.

[1634-LQP] Wilde, Oscar. Le Portrait de Dorian Gray. The story of a young man of extraordinary beauty who never grows old. (6) $52.95

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WORLD WAR I
[1906-RF] L'Enfer de Verdun. Oral history. Veterans of the battle of Verdun (February to December 1916) describe the hell of the battle (770,000 dead and 3000,000 wounded). A unique document. (1) $16.95

WORLD WAR I I
"Les Francais sous l'Occupation" series Historian, Henri Amouroux, tells the story of France during the Occupation, illustrated with original recordings.
[1222-RF] L'exode.Pétain and the armistice (2) $26.95
[1224-RF] De Gaulle. Paris open city, prisoners (2) $26.95
[1226-RF] Travail, Famille, Patrie. Pétain and Hitler meet in Montoire
(2) $26.95
[1228-RF] Le 13 décembre '40. The beginning of the Resistance (2) $26.95
[1232-RF] La Vie parisienne. Return of Pierre Laval (2) $26.95
[1234-RF] Le S.T.O. Sinking of the French fleet in Toulon (2) $26.95
[1236-RF] Jean Moulin. Life in the prisons (2) $26.95
[1242-RF] La Libération de Paris. Chancel interviews Henri Amouroux
(2) $26.95

[1810-RF] Memorial of the Convoy of Women sent to Auschwitz on 24 January 1943. Charlotte Delbo was one of the few survivors of that convoy of 229 women. (2 ) $26.95

[1219-RF] L'Epopée de la France Libre. A fascinating ten-hour document broadcast on France-Culture. The history of "Free France" told by those who were its main participants. Details of daily life are mixed with acts of heroism and the major events of the times. Based on original interviews and radio archives. (7 ) $59.95

[1734-RF] Juin 44...Ma Normandie. The personal experience of Léo Saint Aubin, a 26-year-old Canadian who lands with the Allied Forces on 6 June '44. Many oral documents. (5 ) $46.95

[1029-RF] Marguerite Yourcenar. The first woman elected to the Académie Française is interviewed by Jacques Chancel. (1) $16.95

[1637/8-LV] Yourcenar, Marguerite. Mémoires d'Hadrien. Hadrian, the Roman Emperor (117-38 A.D.), ill and about to die, writes a letter to his 17-year-old successor recounting the experiences of his personal and public life. Masterpiece of contemporary literature. (7) $59.95

ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Caedmon Label) Cassette

[4021] Dickens. The Pickwick Papers. Excerpts read by Boris Karloff.
(1) $13.95
[4027] Doyle. A Scandal in Bohemia. Read by Basil Rathbone. (1) $13.95
[4030] Doyle. The Redheaded League. Read by Basil Rathbone. (1) $13.95
[4026] Doyle. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldiers. Read by John Wood. (2) $18.95
[4055] London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. Abridged. Read by Ed Begley.
(1) $13.95
[4079] Porter, Katherine Ann. Pale Horse, Pale Rider. (2) $19.95
[4112] Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Read by Anthony Quayle. (1) $13.95
[4114] Swift, Jonathan. Voyage to Lilliput. Read by Anthony Quayle.
(2) $19.95
[4120] Tolkien. The Hobbit. (1) $11.95
[4132] Wright, Richard. Native Son. Read by James Earl Jones. (2) $19.95

GERMAN [3031] Jelinek, Elfriede, Oh Wildnis, Oh Schutz vor Ihr (1) $21.95

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