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You re going to France, so why not try to learn a little of the language At the very least, try to learn a few numbers, basic greetings, and above all the life raft, parlez-vous anglais (Do you speak English ) As it turns out, many people do speak passable English and will use it liberally if you demonstrate the basic courtesy of greeting them in their language Bonne chance The Cheat Sheet at the front of this book has a list of many of the common words, phrases, and numbers you ll have a chance to use while in France And the Quick Concierge appendix at the end of this book offers a few more specific phrases to keep in mind while in France Taking it one step further, you may even want to invest in a copy of French Phrases For Dummies (Wiley Publishing, Inc), by Dodi-Katrin Schmidt, Michelle M Williams, and Dominique Wenzel

You can find numerous books on all aspects of French history and society, ranging from the very general, such as the section on France in the Encyclopedia Americana, International Edition (Grolier), which presents an illustrated overview of the French people and their way of life, to the specific, such as Judi Culbertson and Tom Randall s Permanent Parisians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of Paris (Chelsea Green), which depicts the lives of many famous people who are buried in Paris History: Two books that present French life and society in the 17th century are Warren Lewis s The Splendid Century (William Morrow), and Madame de S vigne s Selected Letters, edited by Leonard W Tancock (Penguin), which contains witty letters to her daughter during the reign of Louis XIV Simon Schama s Citizens (Alfred A Knopf) touts itself a a magnificent and very electrifyingly new history of the French Revolution long, but enjoyable Moving into the 20th century, Pleasure of the Belle Epoque: Entertainment and Festivity in Turn-of-the-Century France, by Charles Rearick (Yale University Press), depicts public diversions in the changing and troubled times of the Third Republic Paris Was Yesterday, 1925 1939 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), is a collection of excerpts from Janet Flanner s Letters from Paris column of The New Yorker Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre have written a popular history of the liberation of Paris in 1944 called Is Paris Burning (Warner Books) Two unusual approaches to French history are Rudolph Chleminski s The French at Table (William Morrow), a funny, honest history of why the French know how to eat better than anyone, and Paris: A Century of Change, 1878 1978, by Normal Evenson (Yale University Press), a study of the urban development of Paris Autobiography: You can get a different look at history by reading memoirs of writers experiences in France Among the best are A Moveable Feast (Collier Books), Ernest Hemingway s recollections of Paris in the 1920s, and Morley Callaghan s That Summer in Paris: Memories of Tangled Friendships with Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Some Others, an account of the same period Another interesting read is The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, by Gertrude Stein (Vintage Books) It s an account of 30 years in Paris and the biography of Gertrude Stein The arts: Much of France s beauty is expressed in its art Three books that approach France from this perspective are The History of Impressionism, by John Rewald (Museum of Modern Art), a collection of documents (both writing and quotations by the artists) illuminating this period in the history of art; The French Through Their Films, by Robin Buss (Ungar), an exploration of the history