Zola, Émile 1840-1902 creator text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_%C3%A0_Ninon Release date is 2005-02-01 Produced by Sergio Cangiano, Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr Original publication data not identified Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7462 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7462 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133208.0 7462