About Fluent by Reading

Fluent by Reading publishes graded novels in French for adult English speakers: stories with real stakes and real places, written so that a learner can follow them at each level from A1 to B2.

Every book is checked against the word, sentence-length and grammar limits of its level with our own tools. Each chapter carries in-text explanations, a glossary, a summary and comprehension questions.

About the Author

Hélène Varin writes the Fluent by Reading series: short, adult stories for people who learn French by reading. The series follows Léa Garnier and the people around her, from Paris to Marseille, Quebec and Brussels, from level A1 to B2, so you can keep reading the same characters as your French grows.

Hélène Varin is a pen name. This book was written with the help of AI tools under human direction. Every chapter is checked against the level's word and grammar limits with our own tools, and a separate AI review pass checks the French, the facts and the exercises before publication. It has not been reviewed by a native-speaker editor.