Droll Stories — Volume 2

by Honoré de Balzac

EN·~5 hours·1 chapter

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Produced by John Bickers, Ian Hodgson, and Dagny

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cent_Contes_drolatiques

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-08-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2318

Subjects

Humorous stories French literature -- 19th century France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, French -- Translations into English PQ

About the author

Honoré de Balzac

1799–1850

Best known for building La Comédie humaine, he turned novels into a sweeping portrait of French society—full of ambition, money, love, and social climbing. His stories are rich in detail, vivid characters, and the sharp observations that helped shape modern realism.

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