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1	French Stories/Contes Francais: A Dual-Language Book more books like this by Wallace Fowlie (Editor) add to wishlist Ten stories by French masters, Voltaire to Camus: "Micromegas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass" by Balzac; "Minuet" by de Maupassant; "The Guest" by Camus, six more. Excellent English translations on facing pages. Also French-English vocabulary list, exercises, more. see all copies from £2.74! new only from £6.30! \| first editions
2	Exile and the Kingdom more books like this by Albert Camus add to wishlist This volume contains six short stories about moments of epiphany in the midst of ordinary life, including "The Adulterous Woman," "The Renegade," "The Silent Men," "The Guest," "The Artist at Work," and "The Growing Stone." see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.64! \| first editions
3	Diversite: La Nouvelle Francophone A Travers le Monde: An Intermediate Reader And Francophone Anthology more books like this by James Gaasch, Valerie Budig-Markin add to wishlist This intermediate- to advanced-level reader contains fifteen unabridged short stories about women protagonists. Cultural, geographical, and historical information heightens students' awareness of each of the countries represented. Updated author profiles written in English help students place the stories within a literary and cultural context. see all copies from £16.71! new only from £33.34!
4	Short Stories in French more books like this by Richard Coward (Editor) add to wishlist This is an all new version of the popular "Parallel Texts" series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original French and in English translation. Including stories by Bolanger, Cotnoir, Le Clezio and Germain, this volume gives a fascinating insight into French culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable ... see all copies from £5.59! new only from £5.59!
5	Paris Tales more books like this by Helen Constantine (Translator) add to wishlist Paris Tales is a highly evocative collection of stories by French and Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this most visited of capital cities. The twenty-two stories - by well-known writers including Nerval, Maupassant, Colette, and Echenoz - provide a captivating glimpse into Parisian life from the mid-nineteenth ... see all copies from £4.26! new only from £6.37!
6	French stories. Contes français. more books like this by Wallace Fowlie (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95!
7	The Oxford Book of French Short Stories more books like this by Elizabeth Fallaize (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £18.82! \| first editions
8	Droll stories more books like this by Honoré de Balzac add to wishlist A collection of humorous stories. By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an ... see all copies from £1.50! new only from £13.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Variété du conte francais more books like this by Martin Schwarz add to wishlist see all copies from £7.65!
10	As You Were Saying: American Writers Respond to Their French Contemporaries more books like this by Fabrice Rozie (Editor), Esther Allen (Editor), Guy Walter (Editor) add to wishlist At a time when the dialogue between America and France is strained by political and cultural forces, As You Were Saying provides a space for an important and riveting exchange between writers from these two countries. By pairing some of America's best writers with their French contemporaries, As You Were Saying shows us the importance of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.42! \| first editions
11	French Short Stories 2: Parallel Text more books like this by Pamela Lyon, Various, Simon Lee (Editor) add to wishlist These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students. Among the diverse and entertaining stories in the collection are the wistful masterpiece "Green Tobacco" by Clair ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.27!
12	Best Short Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant add to wishlist This collection reflects Maupassant's remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. "Boule de Suife", his most famous tale exposes the brutality and hypocrisy of war. His stories are linked by irony and the frailty of human nature. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
13	Bedside book of famous French stories more books like this by Robert Newton Linscott, Belle Becker add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! first editions
14 view cover	Blues for a Black Cat & Other Stories more books like this by Boris Vian, Julia Older (Editor), Louis Malle (Foreword by) add to wishlist "[This collection] displays Vian's range from gallows humor to verbal fireworks, and happily serves to give visibility to this important writer."- Publishers Weekly. "Ultimately, Blues for a Black Cat is a collection of moral fables, albeit fables told in a cynical, mocking voice and set in a skewed version of the real world. Under the surface ... see all copies from £5.50! new only from £7.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	French Tales more books like this by Helen Constantine (Translator) add to wishlist French Tales is a collection of twenty-two translated stories associated with the twenty-two regions of France. The book, which includes both well-known and little-known writers, for example Prosper Merimee in the nineteenth century and Anne-Marie Garat in the twenty-first, affords readers a panoramic view of French society and culture, reflecting ... see all copies from £5.75! new only from £6.89!
16 view cover	France more books like this by William Rodarmor (Editor), Anna Livia (Editor) add to wishlist This guide for literature enthusiasts and travelers alike reveals what Francophiles have long known: France is so much more than the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysees. Including contributions from such celebrated French writers as Colette, Gabriel Chevallier, and Emmanuelle Laborit, this lively anthology takes readers through France in literary ... see all copies from £6.16! new only from £8.00!
17 view cover	Great French Short Stories more books like this by Paul Negri (Editor) add to wishlist 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 Merimee, Daudet, Gerard de Nerval, and 4 others. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
18 view cover	Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence more books like this by Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspi, Jane Brierley (Tr) (Translator) add to wishlist These fireside tales, now translated for the first time, were originally published posthumously in 1893. Brierley's introduction and annotations provide fascinating insights into the life and times of one of the fathers of Canadian literature. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Ito-San more books like this by James Kirkup (Translator), Marc Rigaudis add to wishlist An unusual collection of five novellas about contemporary Tokyo, exposing the seamier side of Japanese life. All five depict the usually disastrous consequences of having relationships with foreigners. With a spare, authentic touch, the author captures the oriental ambience and idiosyncracies of his well drawn characters. see all copies from £2.53! new only from £21.28! \| first editions
20 view cover	Great Nineteenth-Century French Short Stories more books like this by Angel Flores (Editor) add to wishlist Seventeen imaginative selections by lesser-known writers: "Adolphe," Benjamin Constant; "Salome," Jules Laforgue; "The Anatomist," Petrus Borel, 14 more. Trends toward the fantastic, expressionism, surrealism. Introductory notes. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.73! \| first editions
21 view cover	Modern French Short Fiction: An Anthology more books like this by Johnnie Gratton (Editor), Brigitte Le Juez (Editor), Brigitte Le Jeuz (Editor) add to wishlist The 15 writers featured in this new anthology of French short stories represent the best of the genre, from Merimee to the present day. The selection includes writers as diverse as Balzac, Colette, Duras and Boulanger and is designed to introduce students to both the modern French short story and modern French literature in general. The anthology ... see all copies from £8.61! new only from £8.81!
22 view cover	Nineteenth-Century French Short Stories (Dual-Language) more books like this by Stanley Appelbaum (Translator) add to wishlist French text and English translations (on facing pages) of 6 stories: Merimee's "Mateo Falcone," Flaubert's "Herodias," "L'attaque du moulin" by Zola, de Maupassant's "Mademoiselle Perle," 2 more. Introduction. Notes. see all copies from £7.62! new only from £7.69!
23 view cover	Plaire Et Instruire more books like this by Anthony Scavillo add to wishlist Plaire et Instruire is a French reader designed primarily for intermediate-level students. The text consists of a reasonably short and manageable of modern French short stories presented in their entirely (except "Mondo"). see all copies from £6.26! new only from £30.95! \| first editions
24	Time out of mind, and other stories more books like this by Pierre Boulle add to wishlist see all copies from £4.96! first editions
25	The Marvelous Palace and Other Stories more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions

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