The Brighter French Word-Book

— A Guide to 'The Right Word' for Bright Young People

by Harry Thompson RUSSELL
[• click here for biographical notes of this author •]

Volume II in the classic Brighter French Series

with illustrations by Eric FRASER

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A French-English Vocabulary Book, which has never been bettered, on a wide range of subjects—

both of universal interest—
the House, the Town, Illness, the Weather, etc.
and more specialised—
Horses, Firearms and Target Shooting, Finance and Business, Nautical Matters, etc.
with distinctions that are hard to find in a dictionary.

 

'…remarkable for the amazing detail that is presented. The Motoring section would have come in handy many years ago when I broke down in France. …Television and computers make no appearance, of course, but just about everything else is present in this handy paperback.'
—System Magazine (2010), Robert Vanderplank,
Director, Language Centre, University of Oxford

 

'It is a book unique of its kind, and if anybody who has occasion ever to speak French is content to do without it, then he is either a perfect French scholar—or else very conceited!' —Truth Magazine (1929)

—Vocabulaire franco-anglais rédigé d'une façon originale—

Ces ouvrages ont le mérite de servir également à l'usage des francophones et des anglophones !
—Equally suitable for French or English speakers !

 

'Brighter French … is your ticket to gay Paree.'
—Evening Herald (2011)

Exceptional Books and Exceptional Authors !