Louis and his wife, Melba, are delightful characters. Passionate Louis creates some hilarious situations with his beginners French and long suffering Melba (modestly fluent) steps in when necessary to sort out the mess and misunderstandings.
This short novel is suitable for advanced beginners. No dictionary is necessary: French-English glossaries under each paragraph introduce you to the words and phrases you might not know.
A large french-english dictionnary at the end of the book containing 1,500+ French words and expressions allow you to easily find any word from the story again, with its gender and its exact english translation.