Droll Stories — Volume 1 by Honoré de Balzac
"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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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Title | Droll Stories — Volume 1 |
| Note |
Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques See also: Vol 2: #2318, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cent_Contes_drolatiques |
| Contents | 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. |
| Credits | Produced by Ian Hodgson, and Dagny |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | French literature -- 19th century |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, French -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1925 |
| Release Date | Aug 23, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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