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Great French Short Stories

Paul Negri

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Table of contents
  • Title Page2
  • Copyright Page3
  • Note4
  • Table of Contents5
  • THE LEGEND OF ST. JULIAN THE HOSPITALER - La Légende de Saint Julien l’Hospitalier6
  • I6
  • II9
  • III13
  • THE NECKLACE - La Parure15
  • THE HORLA - Le Horla18
  • THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE - Le Chef-d’Oeuvre Inconnu27
  • 1. Gillette27
  • 2. Catherine Lescault32
  • THE ATTACK ON THE MILL - L’Attaque du Moulin36
  • I36
  • II38
  • III41
  • IV43
  • V46
  • MATEO FALCONE48
  • THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON - Le Retour de l’Enfant Prodigue53
  • The Prodigal Son53
  • The Father’s Reprimand53
  • The Elder Brother’s Reprimand54
  • The Mother55
  • Dialogue with the Younger Brother56
  • THE DARK LANTERN - La Lanterne Sourde59
  • I. Crazy Tiennette59
  • II. Tiennot59
  • EMILIE61
  • MICROMEGAS - Micromégas68
  • Chapter I - JOURNEY OF AN INHABITANT OF THE WORLD OF THE STAR SIRIUS TO THE PLANET SATURN68
  • Chapter II - CONVERSATION OF THE INHABITANT OF SIRIUS WITH THE INHABITANT OF SATURN68
  • Chapter III - JOURNEY OF THE TWO INHABITANTS OF SIRIUS AND SATURN69
  • Chapter IV - WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM ON EARTH70
  • Chapter V - EXPERIENCES AND REASONINGS OF THE TWO TRAVELERS71
  • Chapter VI - WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM WITH THE MEN71
  • Chapter VII - CONVERSATION WITH THE MEN72
  • THE POPE’S MULE - La Mule du Pape73
  • SALOMÉ77
  • I77
  • II78
  • III81
  • IV83
  • DOVER · THRIFT · EDITIONS85
Book details
  • Vendor Dover Publications
  • SKU 9780486115412
  • ISBN-13 9780486115412
  • Author Paul Negri
  • Category Fiction
  • Subject Classics

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Twelve of the finest short stories by great French writers comprise this excellent collection, with themes that range from desire and psychological intrigue to the mysteries of failure and success. Includes: "The Horla" and "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant; "The Attack on the Mill" by Emile Zola; "Mocromegas" by Voltaire; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Gustave Flaubert; "Mateo Falcone" by Prosper Mérimée; "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by André Gide; "The Dark Lantern" by Jules Renard; "Emilie" by Gérard de Nerval; "The Unknown Masterpieces" by Honoré de Balzac; "The Pope's Mule" by Alphonse Daudet; and "Salomé" by Jules Laforgue. Classic explorations of passion, terror, and fate, these enduring literary gems will be invaluable to students and teachers of French literature and a joy for anyone who delights in fine writing.