Droll Stories — Volume 3 by Honoré de Balzac
"Droll Stories — Volume 3" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of humorous short stories published in 1837. This third group of ten tales, written in pastiche Renaissance French, presents ribald accounts set in medieval and Renaissance France. Balzac evokes a golden age of French character while addressing moral and political issues of his own time through archaic language and remote settings. These stories grow increasingly dark and ironic, featuring complex
plotting and references to contemporary life, marking a shift from the delight-filled earlier volumes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
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| Title | Droll Stories — Volume 3 |
| Note |
Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques See also: Vol 1: #1925, Vol 2: #2318, and the complete work #13260 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cent_Contes_drolatiques |
| Contents | Perseverance in love -- Concerning a provost who did not recognise things -- About the Monk Amador, who was a glorious Abbot of Turpenay -- Bertha the penitent -- How the pretty maid of Portillon convinced her judge -- In which it is demonstrated that fortune is always feminine -- Concerning a poor man who was called Le Vieux par-Chemins -- Odd sayins of three pilgrims -- Innocence -- The fair Imperia married. |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, Ian Hodgson, Dagny and Emma Dudding |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | French literature -- 19th century |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, French -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2551 |
| Release Date | Aug 23, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 8, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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