Do you really want to lean French? The trick to learning French is to find interesting books to read in French. This is the Classic Story of Sleeping Beauty in both French and English.The first line is in French and the next line is a translation of the first in English.The French lines appear in boldthe English lines appear in Italic car elle était de race ogresse, et le roi ne l'avait épousée qu'à cause de ses grands biens. for she was of an ogress race, and the king had married her only because of her great property. On disait même tout bas à la cour qu'elle avait les inclinations des ogres,… they even whispered to the court that she had the inclinations of the ogres;...(That’s right there is an ogre in the original Sleeping beauty!)You will be able to read the book at the speed that you like in the language that you choose. If you get stuck on the meaning of a French word or sentence the English translation is just below it. Confidence and enjoyment is a big part of language learning.This is the original story of Sleeping Beauty as written by Charles Perrault, who worked for King Louis XIV of France, known as the Sun King. This was a time of great wealth and high spending Perrault helped to build the Kings huge Palace in Versailles.But later when he lost his wife and his job Perrault turned to raising his children on his own. He found at the time there were no books for small children.Perrault went about creating his own books. Many of them based on the oral traditions of a local story teller known only as Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose).Perrault recorded Madam l’Oye’s stories making her one of the most famous women in the world.The book includes the original French text with English translation on every other line and Author biography and translators notes.This is an excellent book for French learners looking for interesting content to read in French.