Project Gutenberg 2005-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 81 Coppée, François 1842 1908 Coppee, Francois Coppée, Francis Edouard Joachim François Coppée Contes rapides L'Invitation au Sommeil -- Le Numéro du Régiment -- L'Orgue de Barbarie -- Le Convalescent -- Oeuvres posthumes -- A Table -- Les Pommes cuites -- Lettres d'Amour -- Mariages manqués -- Jalousie -- Fille de Tristesse -- Les Sabots du petit Wolff. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica). "Contes rapides" by François Coppée is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work captures various slices of life, infused with humor and often focused on the complexities of human relationships, ranging from love to familial bonds. The characters include a mix of ordinary people and artists, portraying their struggles and aspirations against a backdrop of social commentary. The opening of "Contes rapides" introduces a nostalgic tone, presenting a young boy recounting his fond memories of family life around the dinner table. The narrative transitions from this innocent childhood scene to a more mature perspective approximately twenty years later, featuring the boy as a budding poet enjoying a romantic outing with his beloved Maria, blissfully unaware of the challenges that lie ahead. The warmth of familial love and the tranquility of youth are beautifully contrasted with hints of future struggles, setting the stage for a richly woven tapestry of life's complexities that the collection will explore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 292671 289538 2024-09-07T10:51:13.698193 2023-09-07T12:07:00.758883 text/html text/html 278348 2020-12-12T13:51:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 270372 2020-12-12T13:51:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 312646 2024-09-07T10:51:20.509150 application/epub+zip 318620 2024-09-07T10:51:15.906182 application/epub+zip 169550 2024-09-07T10:51:14.348181 application/epub+zip 860202 2024-09-07T10:51:23.597179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 840758 2024-09-07T10:51:19.233200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272193 2022-09-08T07:04:52.319005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271670 271430 2024-09-07T10:51:13.076223 2023-09-07T12:07:00.210816 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 264684 2020-12-12T13:51:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 107035 2020-12-12T13:51:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19360 2024-09-07T10:51:23.738164 application/rdf+xml 11808 2024-09-07T10:51:14.709182 image/jpeg 3276 2024-09-07T10:51:14.528205 image/jpeg 316540 2024-09-07T10:51:13.787223 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia