Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_%C3%A0_Ninon

Release date is 2005-02-01

A Ninon -- Simplice -- Le carnet de danse -- Celle qui m'aime -- La fée amoureuse -- Le sang -- Les voleurs et l'âne -- Soeur-des-pauvres -- Aventures du grand Sidoine et du petit Médéric.

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"Contes à Ninon" by Émile Zola is a collection of tales published in 1864. This debut work presents eight stories that begin with romantic fairy tales but gradually shift toward social realism. The tales follow various quests—from naive princes meeting water spirits to soldiers haunted by battlefield violence, from mistreated children receiving miraculous gifts to a giant and dwarf seeking happiness. Through these evolving narratives, Zola moves from idealized romance to pointed commentary on war, inequality, and French imperial politics, marking his transition from romantic poet to social observer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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