Droll stories collected from the abbeys of Touraine
Balzac's Contes drolatiques translated into English, complete and unabridged. Illustrated with designs by Gustave Doré
by Honoré de Balzac
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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 the absurd to the downright grim but the illustrations give them a life of their own. Rather off-putting to the reader used to modern French, the stories are written in an archaic French that is not always easy to interpret.
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Social life and customs, France in fiction, Fiction, Translations into English, French Short stories, Short stories, Manners and customs, Protected DAISY, Romance literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / ClassicsPeople
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Droll stories: collected in the monasteries of Touraine and given to the light
1985, Panther
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Die tolldreisten Geschichten in den Abteien der Touraine
1981, Opera Verlag
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Balzac's Contes drôlatiques: droll stories collected from the abbeys of Touraine
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Les contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière
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Edition Notes
Frontispiece has title: Les contes drolatique [sic]
Vol. 2 has half title: Droll stories
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