Stories by Mérimee, Maupassant, Daudet, Balzac, Coppée, About, Gautier, Theuriet, Zola and Musset.

Features twelve classic tales, including "The Necklace" (Maupassant); "The Unknown Masterpiece" (Balzac); "The Attack on the Mill" (Zola); plus works by Gide, D

Developed from oral storytelling tradition from the Middle Ages, short story was developed and diversified so that it is now difficult to characterize it. It ca