{"product_id":"the-noble-bachelor-laristocratique-celibataire","title":"The Noble Bachelor - L'Aristocratique Célibataire","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Sherlock Holmes Case in English and French\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLord Robert St. Simon marries a rich young American at a quiet London church. A few hours later, at the wedding breakfast, the bride walks out and is not seen again. The police drag the Serpentine; Sherlock Holmes thinks he knows the answer before the evening is out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French text is an anonymous translation first published by Flammarion in 1913, matched to Arthur Conan Doyle's English sentence by sentence. The translator's words are kept; only the spelling and grammar were brought up to today's rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe full story\u003c\/strong\u003e, in two parts. In the PDF each English passage is followed by its French translation. In the EPUB they sit side by side, English on the left.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Book Frequency Dictionary\u003c\/strong\u003e of the 1,241 French nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in the story, most frequent first, with part of speech, IPA pronunciation and English meaning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearners with some French who want a light, short Holmes case to read to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArthur Conan Doyle, French translation anonymous (Flammarion, 1913)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrench-English edition, 2026, about 66 pages (6 x 9 inch PDF)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eE-book: EPUB, plus a PDF in two page sizes (6 x 9 and 5.5 x 8.5 inch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: M.U.W. Edu Media \u0026amp; Publishing Ltd. (MostUsedWords)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30-day money-back guarantee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MostUsedWords","offers":[{"title":"E-book (PDF + EPUB)","offer_id":59475285868879,"sku":"FR-EN-NOBLE-BACHELOR-EBOOK","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/5266\/1090\/files\/noble_bachelor_fr_ebook_3000.jpg?v=1794448065","url":"https:\/\/mostusedwords.com\/en-us\/products\/the-noble-bachelor-laristocratique-celibataire","provider":"MostUsedWords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}