International Short Stories Volume 3: French Stories


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(4.1 stars; 23 reviews)

The third book of a three volume anthology of international short stories, we now turn to French stories. Authors include Honoré de Balzac, Voltaire, Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo and more. Compiled and translated by Francis J. Reynolds. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (13 hr 28 min)

Chapters

A Piece Of Bread by Francois Copée 16:41 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Elixir Of Life Part 1 by Honoré de Balzac 25:00 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Elixir Of Life Part 2 by Honoré de Balzac 31:14 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Age For Love by Paul Bourget 46:14 Read by carlacortes
Mateo Falcone by Prosper Mérimée 29:16 Read by Lynne T
The Mirror by Catulle Mendes 9:51 Read by Lynne T
My Nephew Joseph by Ludovic Halevy 27:23 Read by Ulrike Denis
A Forest Betrothal by Erckmann-Chatrian 26:36 Read by Lynne T
Zadig The Babylonian Part 1 by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 32:16 Read by Lynne T
Zadig The Babylonian Part 2 by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 42:42 Read by Lynne T
Zadig The Babylonian Part 3 by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 32:38 Read by Lynne T
Zadig The Babylonian Part 4 by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 35:20 Read by Lynne T
Abandoned by Guy de Maupassant 19:13 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Guilty Secret by Paul de Kock 18:09 Read by Bruce Pirie
Jean Monette by Eugène Francois Vidocq 16:36 Read by Lynne T
Solange by Alexandre Dumas 35:50 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Birds In The Letter-Box by René Bazin 13:35 Read by Kristin G.
Jean Gourdon's Four Days Part 1 by Émile Zola 28:46 Read by Bruce Pirie
Jean Gourdon's Four Days Part 2 by Émile Zola 28:39 Read by Bruce Pirie
Jean Gourdon's Four Days Part 3 by Émile Zola 30:28 Read by Bruce Pirie
Jean Gourdon's Four Days Part 4 by Émile Zola 26:25 Read by Bruce Pirie
Baron de Trenck by Clémence Robert 38:06 Read by Lynne T
The Passage Of the Red Sea by Henry Murger 16:49 Read by Larry Greene
The Woman And The Cat by Marcel Prévost 23:33 Read by Bruce Pirie
Gil Blas and Doctor Sangrado by Alain René Le Sage 23:16 Read by Bruce Pirie
A Fight With A Cannon by Victor Hugo 22:19 Read by Philip Panos
Tonton by A. Chenevière 14:02 Read by Lynne T
The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet 11:43 Read by Wendy Almeida
Croisilles Part 1 by Alfred de Musset 38:10 Read by Bruce Pirie
Croisilles Part 2 by Alfred de Musset 33:34 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Vase Of Clay by Jean Aicard 14:21 Read by Marina Tsung

Reviews

Interesting mix of stories, some are very brief and odd


(3 stars)