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Authors: Paul Negri
ISBN-13: 9780486434704, ISBN-10: 0486434702
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Paul Negri

Book Synopsis

Twelve of the finest tales by great French writers — from Voltaire to Renard. Includes "The Necklace" by Maupassant; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" (Flaubert), "The Unknown Masterpiece" (Balzac), "The Attack on the Mill" (Zola), "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (Gide), plus works by Mérimée, Daudet, Gerard de Nerval, and 4 others.

Table of Contents

The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler (1877)1
The Necklace (1885)22
The Horla (1887)29
The Unknown Masterpiece (1831)49
The Attack on the Mill (1880)70
Mateo Falcone (1829)96
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1907)107
The Dark Lantern (1893)121
Emilie (1854)126
Micromegas (1752)141
The Pope's Mule (1868)156
Salome (1886)165

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