FRENCH LITERATURE & STORIES

Read French. Understand the story.

French Interlinear Library brings together 40 complete French literary classics and 44 original illustrated stories and alphabet books. Contextual English meanings sit above the French words, helping you keep your place in Voltaire, Flaubert, Rostand, Maupassant, and Baudelaire without stopping to look up every word.

See what is inside

An illustrated story page in the app, with a small English meaning above each French word and the word card for fleurs open.

The library: level buttons, search, and shelves of alphabet books and illustrated stories. — Choose a level, search by title or author, and browse every shelf.

The opening of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra with English word glosses, a full sentence translation, and the word card for fantôme. — Read complete French classics, with a full English sentence translation when you want it.

FROM FIRST WORDS TO CLASSICS

Find a book you want to finish.

Start simply

Original illustrated alphabet books and graded stories introduce French vocabulary and phrasing through watercolor pictures and familiar scenes.

Hear a word & study pronunciation

Tap any French word for its dictionary lemma, part of speech, French liaison and silent-ending pronunciation notes, and spoken French audio.

Stay with the plot

Read 40 unabridged French novels, plays, fables, and poetry collections with word-by-word English glosses and optional full-sentence translations.

ON IPHONE AND IPAD

Learn French by reading classic novels.

Built natively for iPhone and iPad with offline reading, bookmarking, and literary study notes.