Cruel Tales

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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English translation: all 28 published chapters are available.

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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