Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot.
Two devastating stories of faith and sacrifice from Balzac's panorama of nineteenth-century French life.
Glittering essays by the Renaissance master of the form, exploring contradictions in human thoughts and actions.
Four sparkling nineteenth-century tales of Parisian high society and rural life, from the father of that moder short story.
Just arrived in Paris and looking for adventure, D'Artagnan finds more than he bargains for. Within hours he has offended three of the King's musketeers - and has to duel with all of them! Within days he's in love...and embroiled with spies, politicians, English noblemen, and being seduced by the most beautiful - and deadly - woman in France: Milady de Winter! Filled with intrigue, mystery, pas…