Contes cruels

by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Credits: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (author)

Summary

Contes cruels (Cruel Tales) is a two-volume set of about 150 tales and short stories by the 19th-century French writer Octave Mirbeau, collected and edited by Pierre Michel and Jean-François Nivet and published in two volumes in 1990 by Librairie Séguier. The title was taken from Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, of whom Mirbeau was a friend and admirer. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.

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Chapters (28)

  1. 1. Les Demoiselles de Bienfilatre
  2. 2. Véra
  3. 3. Vox Populi
  4. 4. Deux Augures
  5. 5. L’affichage Céleste
  6. 6. Antonie
  7. 7. La Machine A Gloire
  8. 8. Duke Of Portland
  9. 9. Virginie et Paul
  10. 10. Le Convive des Dernières Fêtes
  11. 11. A S’y Méprendre!
  12. 12. Impatience de la Foule
  13. 13. Le Secret de L’ancienne Musique
  14. 14. Sentimentalisme
  15. 15. Le Plus Beau Diner du Monde!
  16. 16. Le Désir D’être un Homme
  17. 17. Fleurs de Ténèbres
  18. 18. L’appareil pour L’analyse Chimique du Dernier Soupir
  19. 19. Les Brigands
  20. 20. La Reine Ysabeau
  21. 21. Sombre Récit, Conteur Plus Sombre
  22. 22. L’intersigne
  23. 23. L’inconnue
  24. 24. Maryelle
  25. 25. Le Traitement du Docteur Tristan
  26. 26. Conte D’amour
  27. 27. Souvenirs Occultes
  28. 28. L’annonciateur

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