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