Balzac's Contes Drolatiques; Droll Stories Collected From the Abbeys of Touraine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781021405739)

Balzac's Contes Drolatiques is a collection of bawdy and satirical short stories written by the French author Honore de Balzac. This edition features illustrations by the celebrated artist Gustave Doré. The stories are set in medieval France and poke fun at the social norms and conventions of the time. It is a hilarious and irreverent masterpiece of French literature.

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