Droll Stories, Complete (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781518705854)

When, in March, 1832, the first volume of the now famous Contes Drolatiques was published by Gosselin of Paris, Balzac, in a short preface, written in the publisher's name, replied to those attacks which he anticipated certain critics would make upon his hardy experiment. He claimed for his book the protection of all those to whom literature was dear, because it was a work of art-and a work of art, in the highest sense of the word, it undoubtedly is. Like Boccaccio, Rabelais, the Queen of Navarre, Ariosto, and Verville, the great author of The Human Comedy has painted an epoch.

Author: Honore De Balzac
ISBN-10: 1518705855
ISBN-13: 9781518705854
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2015
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.30d