Project Gutenberg 2004-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 57 Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 Balzac, Honore de Saint-Aubin, Horace de De Balzac, Honoré Balzac, H. de (Honoré de) Droll Stories — Volume 2 Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques See also: Vol 1: #1925, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260 The three clerks of Saint Nicholas -- The continence of King Francis the First -- The merry tattle of the nuns of Poissy -- How the Chateau d'Azay came to be built -- The false courtesan -- The danger of being too innocent -- The dear night of love -- The sermon of the merry vicar of Meudon -- The succubus -- Despair in love. Produced by John Bickers, Ian Hodgson, and Dagny "Droll Stories — Volume 2" by Honoré de Balzac is a collection of humorous tales written during the early 19th century. The stories present a satirical and comedic exploration of life in France, characterized by raucous antics and playful insights that often feature various historical figures and common folk entwined in amusing situations. The opening portion of the volume introduces the author, who playfully defends his literary endeavors against criticism, humorously lamenting the difficulties of creating a substantial body of work. Following this prologue, the narrative begins with the first tale, "The Three Clerks of Saint Nicholas," which follows three unscrupulous clerks as they take up residence at an inn, indulging in self-serving tricks and humorous exploits. Their misadventures and manipulations serve as a backdrop for an exploration of human folly, revealing the author's sharp wit as he navigates through themes of deception and cleverness in an engaging and entertaining manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories French literature -- 19th century France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, French -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 375432 375358 2024-09-01T12:51:49.301192 2023-10-01T11:37:09.794947 text/html text/html 375425 375351 2024-09-01T12:51:49.496198 2023-10-01T11:37:09.970961 text/html text/html 194282 2024-09-01T12:51:54.768180 application/epub+zip 198384 2024-09-01T12:51:50.928173 application/epub+zip 198384 2024-09-01T12:51:50.007194 application/epub+zip 348521 2024-09-01T12:51:58.009144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332075 2024-09-01T12:51:54.238154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332147 2022-09-02T03:35:39.932334 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355159 355128 2024-09-01T12:51:49.019206 2023-10-01T11:37:09.546944 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 354945 2020-12-31T16:45:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136539 2020-12-31T16:45:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19734 2024-09-01T12:51:58.145141 application/rdf+xml 14497 2024-09-01T12:51:50.459177 image/jpeg 4080 2024-09-01T12:51:50.281183 image/jpeg 193133 2024-09-01T12:51:49.530191 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