Elementary stories
Original French stories written for this level, with comprehension questions.
Short stories
18 original stories written for this level, each with a comprehension check.
Le portefeuille oublié
After a great dinner in a Lyon bouchon, Julien realizes he has left his wallet at home.
Quand j'étais petit
Grandpa Robert tells his granddaughter about his childhood on a farm in Normandy in the 1950s.
Le pneu crevé
On a hot summer day in Provence, a couple gets a flat tire on a small country road.
Le gâteau raté
Antoine wanted to make the perfect birthday cake for his mother. Nothing went as planned.
L'entretien d'embauche
Yasmine had a job interview at a bookshop in Toulouse. The morning started badly.
Des vacances en Bretagne
The Moreau family wanted sun for their holiday in Brittany. They got rain, wind, and a surprise.
Le colis
A parcel mix-up in a Paris building leads Sofiane to a neighbor he had never spoken to.
Jour de grève
Mathilde's train to Bordeaux is canceled because of a strike, so she tries carpooling for the first time.
Le mauvais soir
Théo bought concert tickets months ago to surprise his girlfriend in Montpellier. He just didn't check the date.
La brocante
At the huge Lille flea market, Nadia buys an old box for two euros. Inside, she finds a photo and a mystery.
Le semi-marathon
Karine, forty-five, decided to run her first half-marathon in Bordeaux. Training was the easy part.
La nouvelle coloc
Baptiste was worried when a stranger moved into his shared flat in Grenoble. She turned out to be full of surprises.
Le mariage en Alsace
Everything was ready for Pauline's sister's outdoor wedding in an Alsace village, until the storm arrived.
La panne de courant
One winter evening in Clermont-Ferrand, the electricity went off. The Girard family had to find something to do.
Le Tour de France
When the Tour de France came through his Pyrenees village, ten-year-old Ethan waited all day for a few seconds of cycling.
La ratatouille de Mamie
Elsa tries to cook her late grandmother's ratatouille from Avignon. The recipe has a secret ingredient.
La mauvaise gare
Kenji, visiting Paris for the first time, has a train to catch, but Paris has more than one big station.
La nouvelle maîtresse
It's Amandine's first day as a primary school teacher in Marseille, and she is more nervous than her pupils.
Nonfiction
2 original articles: explainers, news-style pieces, columns and workplace texts, each with a comprehension check.