def strings_from_csv(file):

    """ Return a list of strings from a .csv fle.

    Parameters
    ----------
    file : str
        Path of .csv file.

    Returns
    -------
    list
        List of strings.

    """

    with open(file, 'r') as f:
        strings = f.readlines()

    return [[i.rstrip('\n') for i in j.split(',')] for j in strings]