Nouvelles et Contes pour la jeunesse

Madame (Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline) Guizot (1773-1827)

Approximate level: B2
Length: 50,115 words
Reading time: 4 h 11 min
Chapters: 8
Language: French
On Project Gutenberg since: 2004

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Set in France in the years following the Revolution, these stories for young readers use clear but sometimes period-specific French vocabulary. The opening tale follows Madame d’Aubecourt as she leaves Paris with her children to live near their grandfather. Its themes include family duty, money, patience, and the differences between city and country life. The prose is narrative and descriptive, with long sentences that link several ideas, so you may need to follow clauses across commas and semicolons.

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Children's stories, French

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