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Let me state up front that I realize even considering this is consumate madness, given I'm taking Ancient Greek and Latin right now, and only some of the graduate programs I mean to apply to even care about this sort of thing. But.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could go about teaching myself to read (and maybe write) French? I'm interested in reading academic writing, poetry, and general literature, in about that order. I'm not particularly interested in speaking it, or understanding it when it's spoken, but will accept that most courses think I should, so long as they're not primarily focused on "How to introduce yourself, ask for directions, and order food in a restaurant" types of teaching.

Help?

(I would also accept suggestions for German and Italian resources of the same sort, but for various reasons French seems like the best place to start.)