Park Forest, Schools

Class Translation Project with Newberry Library Offers Students Insight into French Revolution

Group working with original 18th-century pamphlets

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2017

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By: Pascale-Anne Brault

French Revolution pamphlet
The cover of an original 18th-century pamphlet written by Jean-Baptiste Humbert. The pamphlet is just one of several that was translated from French to English by Pascale-Anne Brault’s French translation class during the fall quarter. (The Newberry Library, Chicago)

Students in Pascale-Anne Brault’s French translation class often feel they are back in 18th-century France, during the French Revolution, because of an unusual class…

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