Designed to help readers develop reading ability in French --especially in preparation for the study of literature (narrative fiction)-- L'Art de lire presents nine modern, intriguing, humorous, moving, exciting, well-paced, interesting, and accessible French short stories. Stories include Georges Simenon's La Vieille Dame de Bayeux and L'Auberge aux Noy es, Guy De Maupassant's L'Aventure de Walter Schnaffs, Les Bijoux and Deux Amis, L. Anoma Kani e's Les Hommes Invisibles, Francois Truffaut, Le D ejeuner de Sylvie, Marcel Pagnol's Au Parc Bor ely avec tante Rose, and Colette's Dans la Foule: Apr es L'Affaire de las Rue Ordener. For those interested in developing their reading ability in French.