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7 best short stories - French Authors

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The French authors are great pioneers in the short story format, with famous names of this genre such as Guy de Maupassant and Honore de Balzac. For the present book, the critic August Nemo has carefully selected seven short stories that exemplify the French tradition of the short story:

- A Passion in the Desert by Honore de Balzac

- The Mummy's Foot by Theophile Gautier

- The Torture of Hope by Villiers de L'isle Adam

- The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant

- The Dance of Death by Gustave Flaubert

- Our Lady's Juggler by Anatole France

- Doctor Ox's Experiment by Jules Verne

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