The classic French novel written by a soldier, who would later die during World War I, tells the story of Auguste Meaulnes and the "domain mysterieux."

Learn French with one of the most famous of French novels, Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier. The book is number 9 in Le Monde's 100 books of the century of world literature. This edition offers you the best way to learn French just by reading. No need to look up words with our interlinear material! Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who died a year after the book was published, at age 27. The novel, partly biographical, details the story narrated by fifteen-year-old François Seurel of his friendship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes tries to find back a girl he met at a costume party on a mysterious country estate after getting lost on a trip. We have added a word for word interlinear translation to the French text. This means that the meaning of every French word is immediately accessible, which in turn will make it much easier for you to expand your French vocabulary fast. Use the following method to learn French vocabulary fast and easy. Read the stories and re-read them until you know almost all the words. This is a fast process because there's no lookup time. Then focus on the remaining words that you still don't know by marking those in the text or noting their pages. Because of the literal and idiomatic interlinear text this is the best way to learn French reading fast. Also, contact us on shop.hyplern.com for non-translated pdf versions of this book with which you can practice reading French without the interlinear translation. The same goes for the mp3s that go with the text. Find the best app to learn french through reading on hyplern.com as well. It allows marking words and practicing them separately and includes a media player for the mp3s. The HypLern project has been creating manually word-for-word translated language material since 2006. The aim of our project is to allow students to start reading the language of their choice immediately, and expand their vocabulary fast. Check out our HypLern interlinear Dutch, German, Russian, Spanish or other languages on Amazon as well!

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In the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin," headstrong Janet defies Tam Lin to walk in her own land of Carterhaugh . . . and then must battle the Queen of Faery for possession of her lover’s body and soul. In this version of "Tam Lin," masterfully crafted by Pamela Dean, Janet is a college student, "Carterhaugh" is Carter Hall at the university where her father teaches, and Tam Lin is a boy named Thomas Lane. Set against the backdrop of the early 1970s, imbued with wit, poetry, romance, and magic, Tam Lin has become a cult classic—and once you begin reading, you’ll know why. This reissue features an updated introduction by the book’s original editor, the acclaimed Terri Windling.

A coming-of-age tale that hinges on forbidden love and the tension between fathers and sons.