| Description |
xxvii, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"The translation copyright 1932 by the Limited Editions Club, the special contents of this edition copyright 1939 by the Heritage Press." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The fair Imperia -- The venial sin -- His majesty's sweetheart -- The devil's heir -- The merry jests of King Louis the Eleventh -- The Lord High Constable's lady -- The virgin of Thilhouse -- The brother-in-arms -- The Curé of Azay-Le-Rideau -- The wife's appeal -- The three clerks of St. Nicholas -- The privations of King Francis the First -- The airy tattle of the nuns of Poissy -- How the Chateau d'Azay came to be built -- The unauthentic courtesan -- The dangers of excessive innocence -- The costly night of love -- The jocund Curé of Meudon and his sermon -- The succubus -- Despair in love -- Perseverance in love -- Of the Provost's poor memory for things -- Of the monk Amador who was a glorious Abbot of Turpenay -- Bertha the penitent -- How the pretty maid of Portillon confounded her judge -- Which proves that fortune is always female -- Of a poor old man who had various names -- The inconsistent sayings of three pilgrims -- Ingenuousness -- The fair Imperia married. |
| Subject |
France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Short stories, French -- Translations into English.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Short stories, French. (OCoLC)fst01117193
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Le Clercq, Jacques, 1898-1972.
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Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965, illustrator.
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Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.)
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| Added Title |
Contes drôlatiques. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Contes drôlatiques. English. Droll stories. New York : Heritage Press, ©1939 (OCoLC)987972182 |
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