The Best French Short Stories

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors.

"Zodomirsky's Duel", by Alexandre Dumas

"Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant

"The Marquise", by George Sand

"Miss Harriet", by Guy de Maupassant

"The Cord", by Charles Baudelaire

"The Piece of String", by Guy de Maupassant

"The Necklace", by Guy de Maupassant

"An Episode of the Reign of Terror", by Honoré de Balzac

"A Child's Revenge", by Paul Bourget

"In the Reign of Terror", by Anatole France

"Jeannot and Colin", by Voltaire

"The Mummy's Foot", by Théophile Gautier

"The Paradise of Cats", by Emile Zolà

"The Shoulders of the Marquise", by Emile Zolà

"Jenny", by Victor Hugo

"The Child with the Bread Shoes", by Théophile Gautier

"The Reverend Father Gaucher's Elixir", by Alphonse Daudet