Balzac, Honoré de,  1799-1850 <br/><br/>
Droll Stories — Volume 1 

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<br/><br/> Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques<br/> See also: Vol 2: #2318, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260  Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cent_Contes_drolatiques  Release date is 2004-08-23 
<br/><br/>The fair Imperia -- The venial sin -- The king's sweetheart -- The devil's heir -- The merrie jests of King Louis the Eleventh -- The high constable's wife -- The maid of Thilouse -- The brothers-in-arms -- The vicar of Azay-le-Rideau -- The reproach. 
<br/><br/>Produced by Ian Hodgson, and Dagny  Produced by Ian Hodgson, and Dagny 
<br/><br/> "Droll Stories — Volume 1" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of humorous short stories published in groups between 1832-1837. Written in pastiche Renaissance French, these ribald tales are set in medieval and Renaissance France, inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron and Rabelais. Balzac aimed to capture a golden age of French character while addressing moral and political issues through sexually charged, sometimes obscene narratives. The archaic language creates both startling directness and distance, allowing bold treatment of provocative themes that scandalized contemporary critics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Humorous stories French literature -- 19th century France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, French -- Translations into English 
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