Oxford Book of French Short Stories.
Title:
Oxford Book of French Short Stories.
Author:
Fallaize, Elizabeth.
ISBN:
9780191587870
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (298 pages)
Series:
Oxford Books of
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- THE MARQUIS DE SADE (1740-1814): The Husband Who Said Mass -- STENDHAL (1783-1842): Vanina Vanini -- THÉOPHILE GAUTIER (1811-1872): The Coffee Pot -- HONORÉ DB BALZAC (1799-1850): The Message -- PROSPER MÉRIMÉE (1803-1870): The Venus of Ille -- ÉMILE ZOLA (1840-1902): Story of a Madman -- ALPHONSE DAUDET (1840-1897): The Last Lesson -- GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821-1880): A Simple Heart -- GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-1893): The Necklace -- GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-1893): At Sea -- VIILIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM (1838-1889): Gloomy Tale, Gloomier Teller -- JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS (1848-1907): Knapsack at the Ready -- RENÉE VIVIEN (1877-1909): The Lady with the She-Wolf -- MARCEL AYMÉ (1902-1967): The Walking Stick -- COLETTE (1873-1954): Gribiche -- JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980): The Wall -- GEOEGES SIMENON (1903-1989): The Man on the Street -- IRAGO DIOP(1906-1989): An Errand -- ALBERT CAMUS (1913-1960): The Guest -- SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908-1986): Monologue -- MICHEL TOURNIER (b. 1924): The Lily of the Valley Lay-by -- CHRISTIANE BAROCKE (b. 1935): Do You Remember the Rue dOrchampt? -- HERVÉ GUIBERT (1955-1991): The Check-up -- ASSIA DJEBAR (b. 1936): There Is No Exile -- RENÉ DEPESTRE (b. 1926): The Negro with the White Shadow -- FRÉDÉRIC FAJARDIE (b. 1947 ): The Underwear of the Woman Up Above -- ANNIE SAUMONE (b. 1927): The Finest Story in the World -- MONIQUE PROULX (b. 1952): Public Transit -- Biographical Notes.
Abstract:
This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Caribbean in the twentieth century. Womenwriters include relatively well known figures such as Renee Vivien, Colette, and Beauvoir, and newer writers such as Assia Djebar, Christiane Baroche, and Annie Saumont. The French short story is a rich and diverse medium, but all the stories selected share a common characteristic: they makeexciting reading.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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