Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Droll Stories — Volume 2" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of humorous short stories published in 1833. This second group of ten tales continues Balzac's bawdy reimagining of medieval and Renaissance France, written in pastiche archaic French. Inspired by Boccaccio and Rabelais, these ribald stories grow increasingly dark, turning on characters being duped and tormented. Balzac intended them as a celebration of French national character before prudery, though critics found them indecent and scandalous. They remain his most experimental and controversial work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) The three clerks of Saint Nicholas -- The continence of King Francis the First -- The merry tattle of the nuns of Poissy -- How the Chateau d'Azay came to be built -- The false courtesan -- The danger of being too innocent -- The dear night of love -- The sermon of the merry vicar of Meudon -- The succubus -- Despair in love. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cent_Contes_drolatiques Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques See also: Vol 1: #1925, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260 Release date is 2004-08-23 Produced by John Bickers, Ian Hodgson, and Dagny Original publication data not identified Humorous stories French literature -- 19th century France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, French -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2318 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2318 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133056.0 2318