Seven Short Stories by French Authors

Originally published in 1923, this book contains the French text of seven short stories by seven influential French authors.

H. J. Chaytor (Edited by)

9781107663800, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 December 2013

224 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.22 kg

Originally published in 1923, this book contains the French text of seven short stories by seven influential French authors: Nodier, Balzac, Vigny, Gautier, Flaubert, Mérimée and Maupassant. The stories reflect the changing schools of fiction in vogue in France from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and each story is prefaced with a short biographical note on the author. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in French literature.

Introduction
1. Trilby by Charles Nodier
2. Un épisode sous la terreur by H. de Balzac
3. Laurette by A. de Vigny
4. Le pied de momie by Th. Gautier
5. L'enlèvement de la redoute by Prosper Mérimée
6. Un coeur simple by G. Flaubert
7. Deux amis by G. de Maupassant.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]