Contes de lundi by Alphonse Daudet
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"Contes de lundi" by Alphonse Daudet is a collection of short stories published in 1873. Inspired by the Franco-Prussian War, these tales paint realistic portraits of life during that turbulent period: Parisians enduring hardship, the Paris Commune uprising, and brutal government repression. The most famous story, "La Dernière Classe," captures the profound sadness of losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. The collection also explores colonial Algeria and how distant French territories were affected by
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| Author | Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897 |
|---|---|
| Title | Contes de lundi |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_du_lundi |
| Contents | La dernière classe -- La partie de billard -- La vision du juge de Colmar -- L'enfant espion -- Les mères -- Le siège de Berlin -- Le mauvais zouave -- La pendule de Bougival -- La défense de Tarascon -- Le Prussien de Bélisaire -- Les paysans à Paris -- Aux avant-postes -- Paysages d'insurrection -- Le bac -- Le porte-drapeau -- La mort de Chauvin -- Alsace! Alsace! -- Le caravansérail -- Un décoré du 15 août -- Mon képi -- Le turco de la Commune -- Le concert de la huitième -- La bataille du Père-Lachaise -- Les petits pâtés -- Monologue à bord -- Les fées de France -- Un teneur de livres -- Avec trois cent mille francs que m'a promis Girardin! -- Arthur -- Les trois sommations -- Un soir de première -- La soupe au fromage -- Le dernier livre -- Maison a vendre -- Contes de Noël: Un réveillon dans le Marais. Les trois messes basses -- Le Pape est mort -- Paysages gastronomiques -- La moisson au bord de la mer -- Les émotions d'un perdreau rouge -- Le miroir -- L'empereur aveugle |
| Credits | Produced by Annemie Arnst and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, French |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 50154 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-50154-3 |
| Release Date | Oct 8, 2015 |
| Last Update | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 959 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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