And I believe that bargaining option would be "Exchange."

Russian Chess House has a book from Korchnoi on the french!

http://www.chessm.ru/progulki-s-francuzkoj-zaschitoj/

The following is translated with translate.google.com

"Abstract 
The new work of the legendary Victor Korchnoi and grandmaster Alexander Kalinin "Walking with the French defense" is devoted to the study of the popular semi-open beginning 1.e4 e6. 

V. Korchnoi for its long and brilliant career as chess, not only to successfully apply the French defense, but also "generate" ideas to advance the theory of this debut. As one of the main experts in the world of French protection, it is not just applied this in the beginning of the world championship match. Now you have the unique opportunity to touch the creative laboratory of the outstanding grandmaster. 

The first volume includes a historical overview of the development of ideas of French protection, analysis of different modifications of a bargaining option and Nimtsovicha. 
Along with the modern theory of the basic variants of the beginning, in detail issues of its strategic content. "