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: 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.