International Short Stories: French

A 1910 anthology of French short stories compiled by Francis J. Reynolds, featuring works by authors including Balzac, Voltaire, Dumas, Zola, Hugo, and Maupassant, translated into English. The collection opens with Francois Coppee's tale of a young aristocrat who enlists after France's defeat in 1870 and befriends a starving fellow soldier.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›French and French-language›Realism and naturalism, 1850 to 1899

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›French and French-language›Realism and naturalism, 1850 to 1899