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The Best French Short Stories

By: Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Anatole France, Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Alphonse Daudet, Émile Zola
Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
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Summary

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
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