Prepared entirely in French, the revised third edition of this widely used anthology is designed as a basic text for the college survey course in French literature and affords a rich selection of French poetry, prose, and drama from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.

The new edition has been revised and expanded to incorporate a variety of new works in each volume, including Moliére's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, selections from De l'Allemagne and De la littérature by Mme de Staël, a chapter from Colette's La Chatte, a chapter from Les Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir, and a chapter from Les Fruits d'or by Nathalie Sarraute. In addition, concise century-by-century introductions have been added, offering students a more immediate context for the selections.