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L'Heptaméron L'Heptaméron Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre Le premier jour de septembre, que les baings des montz Pirenees commencent entrer en leur vertu, se trouverent a ceulx de Cauderes plusieurs personnes tant de France que d'Espaigne; les ungs pour y b… OL1147931W
L'exil et le royaume L'exil et le royaume Albert Camus "[Exile and the kingdom] consists of six "short stories". The term must be as loosely applied as was that of "novel" to last year's The Fall. The tales, precise, almost stark, are concerned with illu… OL1230611W
French Stories (Dual-Language) French Stories (Dual-Language) Wallace Fowlie Title: French Stories / Contes Français Authors: Wallace Fowlie Formats: EPUB Ids: Amazon.com, 9780486264431 Path: Click to open Size: 0.66MB Drawn from two centuries of French literature, thes… OL1332920W
The queen's caprice The queen's caprice Jean Echenoz The author takes us on a journey across radically different places and landscapes, giving free rein to a terrific sense of humor tinged with existential mishcief. OL17899852W
French tales French tales Helen Constantine From the Publisher: Fiction is much more enlightening about a country and its people than are statistics, and if we want to find out and understand what a nation is really like, we must read its lite… OL18345366W
The human comedy The human comedy Honoré de Balzac "We think of Honore Balzac as the author of long and fully upholstered novels, stitched together into the magnificent visionary document called The Human Comedy. Yet along with the full-length fictio… OL19706841W
Une journée d'été Une journée d'été n/a Anthology: 31 short stories about a Summer's Day by contemporary French writers. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading skills. OL24857540W
Autres lieux Autres lieux Didier Daeninckx Publisher description: Un cadavre repêché dans la Seine, une vieille folle entourée de quatre congélateurs, huit réfrigérateurs et autant de lave-linge, un prisonnier à la recherche de son butin ... … OL24991732W
Marzycielka z Ostendy Marzycielka z Ostendy Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt In these five tales, the author reveals the power of imagination in our lives. All five -- "The dreamer of Ostend", "Perfect crime", "The healing", "Bad literature", and "Woman with flowers"--Suggest… OL28171751W
They Came to Baghdad They Came to Baghdad Agatha Christie E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Ch… OL472215W
The Round and Other Cold Hard Facts The Round and Other Cold Hard Facts J. M. G. Le Clézio "Set largely in locations near the French Riviera, these eleven short stories depict the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this very privileged region. Distinguished Fren… OL8061568W
Les contes drôlatiques Les contes drôlatiques Honoré de Balzac A collection of stories with a mediaeval theme rather after the style of Rabelais. Early editions were illustrated by Gustav Dore and were published by Garnier Freres of Paris. The stories range from… OL85056W
Mademoiselle Fifi Mademoiselle Fifi Guy de Maupassant The title story of this collection is, like many of the others, set during the Franco-Prussian war. As in so many of Maupassant’s stories he explores class barriers and looks at the contrasts between… OL93833W