Les Belles Histoires by Claire A. Roe

Les Belles Histoires

by Claire A. Roe

Illustrated by Horowicz

Longmans, Green and Co., 1963, [Eleventh Impression], black and white illustrations, paperback

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription on front cover and front endpaper, tape residue to inside back and front covers, some notes and underlining in various colours throughout (see photographs)

“Preface: In the early stages of reading in French a problem is set by the discrepancy between the already well-developed mind of the schoolboy and schoolgirl and the puerile material to which their limited vocabulary confines them.  It has been our aim to produce a text combing attractiveness and variety of subject-matter with simplicity of vocabulary and syntax.
These tales, some of original and some adapted, follow the word-count system according to the classification of Messrs. Lee and Corbett, with a basic French vocabulary of just over a thousand words...”