Project Gutenberg 2006-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 289 Allais, Alphonse 1854 1905 Contes humoristiques - Tome I Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Amours d'escale -- Royal Cambouis -- L'autographe homicide -- Colydor -- Phares -- Faits-divers et d'été -- Loufoquerie -- Postes et télégraphes -- Pète-sec -- Le Post-scriptum ou Une petite femme bien obéissante -- Le langage des fleurs -- Le Pauvre Bougre et le bon génie -- Blagues -- Un point d'histoire -- Inanité de la logique -- Bizarroïde -- Le bahut Henri II -- Le truc de la famille -- Un cliché d'arrière-saison -- Un fait-divers -- Arfled -- Black Christmas -- Suggestion -- Étourderie -- Fausse manœuvre -- La bonne fille -- La vie drôle -- Le mariage manqué -- Le nommé Fabrice -- L'inespéré bonne fortune -- La valse -- Nature morte -- Une mort bizarre -- La nuit blanche d'un hussard rouge (monologue pour cadet) -- Le veau: Conte de Noël pour Sara Salis -- Pour en avoir le cœur net -- Crime russe -- Le drame d'hier -- Loup de mer Produced by Chuck Greif and www.ebooksgratuits.com "Contes humoristiques - Tome I" by Alphonse Allais is a collection of humorous short stories written in the late 19th century. The book presents a series of light-hearted and satirical tales that explore various aspects of human behavior and societal norms, often through the lens of eccentric characters and absurd situations. Through clever wordplay and wit, Allais engages the reader with a playful critique of life. The opening of the collection introduces the reader to a range of colorful characters and comedic scenarios, starting with Captain Steelcock, who is consumed with thoughts of romance while neglecting his duties aboard the ship Topsy-Turvy. The narrative paints a vivid picture of his romantic escapades, particularly in Saint-Pierre, where he encounters a beautiful Creole woman. Steelcock's naivety is humorously highlighted when he learns that love is not as exclusive as he had hoped. Each story sets a whimsical tone that promises clever observations and delightful humor throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Humorous stories Short stories, French PQ Text FR Humour Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 248729 248730 2024-10-08T07:03:11.844466 2023-09-08T08:51:52.847461 text/html text/html 279363 2006-04-26T16:12:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 95583 2006-04-26T16:12:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170711 2024-10-08T07:03:20.309448 application/epub+zip 173216 2024-10-08T07:03:15.199443 application/epub+zip 167273 2024-10-08T07:03:13.853478 application/epub+zip 365959 2024-10-08T07:03:24.297418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331663 2024-10-08T07:03:19.424435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296659 2022-09-08T15:34:00.193650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222556 222523 2024-10-08T07:03:10.672715 2023-09-08T08:51:51.873462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 217496 2006-04-26T16:12:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87735 2006-04-26T16:12:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20946 2024-10-08T07:03:24.430398 application/rdf+xml 13682 2024-10-08T07:03:14.405448 image/jpeg 3300 2024-10-08T07:03:14.126459 image/jpeg 166155 2024-10-08T07:03:11.869465 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia