Classic French Short Stories, Volume 1

Filial Sentiments of a Parricide by Marcel Proust In this extraordinarily sensitive and penetrating psychological story, a series of letters from a family friend reveals far more than expected in hindsight. An Incident in the Reign of Terror by Honore de Balzac A mysterious man follows a nun to her hiding place in order to say a midnight mass. The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre The master of existentialism takes us on a journey into raw fear as felt by three men facing execution during the Spanish Civil War. Omphale by Theophile Gautier A delightful tale of a young man's unusual first love. Father Gauchet's Elixir by Alphonse Daudet In this hilarious tale, a remote monastery in the French countryside decides to go into the spirits business...alcoholic spirits that is. In the Moonlight by Guy de Maupassant When a French priest finds his niece involved in a romance, his religious obsessions threaten to erupt into violence. An epiphany intervenes. The Procurator of Judaea by Anatole France Set