The French by Zeldin, Theodore -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About the Author Also by Theodore Zeldin Praise The French Part One

Why it is hard to meet an Average French Person 1 How to avoid Seeing the Sights 2 How to interpret their regional accents 3 How to tell them apart 4 How to laugh at their jokes, and when to look solemn

Part Two

How to love them 5 How to appreciate a grandmother 6 How children deal with their parents 7 How they get married 8 Why it is becoming harder to find and keep a spouse 9 What lovers want from each other

Part Three

How to compete and negotiate with them 10 How to find the people with real power 11 How to distinguish a manager from an aristocrat 12 How angry workers deal with tough bosses 13 Where to find a Communist’s heart 14 What becomes of the drop-outs 15 How small shopkeepers survive 16 How to be friends with a peasant

Part Four

How to appreciate their taste 17 How to eat properly

Quino Dubout

18 How to be chic

Gourmelin Dubout

19 How they choose their style of life

Part Five

How to understand what they are trying to say 20 How to make sense of their language 21 How to recognize culture 22 How to judge the effects of their education 23 How not to be intimidated by their intellectuals

Part Six

How to sympathize with them 24 How to interpret the anger of teenagers 25 Why Women’s Liberation moves slowly 26 How they treat foreigners and Jews 27 What illnesses they suffer from, and how they survive them 28

Toper

29 How they pray Conclusion 30 What it means to be French The Cartoonists Cartoon Copyright Acknowledgements Bibliography Index