The Classic French Short Story

by Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas

Overview

French literature has rightly acquired a famed and storied reputation over the centuries. Many of its authors have created both literary sensations and literary movements the equal of any other language.

In this volume we examine the Short Story and whilst Dumas, de Maupassant, Hugo and Zola are here so too are others with less exposure outside the shores of France than those leviathans but of equal talent.

Within these rich and carefully crafted stories gems of literary genius await your eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781835472989
Publisher:	Copyright Group
Publication date:	01/12/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	276 KB

About the Author

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was an internationally renowned novelist, playwright and poet known for his political activism and human rights advocacy. "If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away," the larger–than–life Victor Hugo once confessed. Indeed, this 19th–century French author's books – from the epic drama Les Misérables to the classic unrequited love story The Hunchback of Notre Dame – have spanned the ages, their themes of morality and redemption as applicable to our times as to his.

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1802

Date of Death:

May 22, 1885

Place of Birth:

Besançon, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

Pension Cordier, Paris, 1815-18