<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>French text and English translations on facing pages of six stories: Merimée's <i>Mateo Falcone</i>, Nerval's <i>Sylvie, </i> Daudet's <i>La mule du Pape, </i> Flaubert's <i>Hérodias</i>, Zola's <i>L'attaque du moulin, </i>, de Maupassant's <i>Mademoiselle Perle.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This volume brings together six outstanding French tales, each by a different author, originally published between 1829 and 1886. Representing a variety of 10th-century literary trends (Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and even a foretaste of Symbolism), the stories include <i>Mateo Falcone</i> (by Prosper Mérimée), <i>Sylvie</i> (by Gérard de Nerval), Alphonse Daudet's <i>La mule du Pape</i> (The Pope's Mule), Gustave Flaubert's <i>Hérodias</i> (Herodias), Emile Zola's <i>L'attaque du moulin</i> (The Attack on the Mill), and Guy de Maupassant's <i>Mademoiselle Perle</i> (Miss Pearl). Editor and translator Stanley Appelbaum has provided accurate English interpretations (printed to align line-for-line with the French texts), an informative introduction, and notes on each selection.<br>This inexpensive edition provides a wonderful opportunity for students of French language and literature and anyone who loves short stories to sample a carefully chosen selection of the very best in the genre.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.
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