B2 Reading

Read the first few paragraphs of Jules Verne's fantastical tale 20.000 Lieues sous les mers, in French and English.

Read the first chapter of Voltaire's classic French novel Candide, in French and English.

Read the first few paragraphs of Madame de Staël's epistolary novel Delphine.

Read the first few paragraphs of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's classic treatise on education, in French or English.

Read the opening paragraphs of Émile Zola's 1885 masterpiece, Germinal.

Read the opening paragraphs of Alexandre Dumas, fils's classic French novel, La Dame aux camélias.

Dive into the opening paragraphs of the fascinating 19th-century novel Le Comte de Monte-Cristo.

Ce n'est pas sans une certaine émotion que je commence à raconter ici les aventures extraordinaires de Joseph Rouletabille. Celui-ci, jusqu'à ce jour, s'y était si formellement opposé que j'avais fini par désespérer de ne publier jamais l'histoire policière la plus curieuse de ces quinze dernières années.

Start reading Le père Goriot, one of Honoré de Balzac's greatest masterpieces.

Read the first few paragraphs of Stendhal's classic 19th-century novel Le Rouge et le Noir, in French and English.

Read the opening paragraphs of Alphonse Daudet's delightful Lettres de mon moulin, in French and English.

Read a chapter of Voltaire's Traité sur la tolérance. It was originally written in 1763 and resurged in popularity after the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack.