Description: Droll Stories by Honore de Balzac – elegant, durable Heritage edition Droll Stories by Honore de Balzac, Heritage edition. The Heritage Press 1939, 507 pages, hardback with slipcase. Like-new condition. Includes Sandglass newsletter. Translated by Jacques Le Clerq. With 65 illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff, award-winning illustrator for Time, Life, and Fortune magazines. A collection of short stories set in 16th century France, depicting the lives of colorful characters such as priests, noblemen, and courtesans through a lens of raunchy humor, exploring themes of love, lust, and morality against the backdrop of medieval French society, drawing inspiration from the literary style of Rabelais and Boccaccio; the tales often feature playful commentary on social norms and the complexities of human desires, with a focus on the vibrant and sometimes scandalous aspects of life in Touraine. If you'd like to see more collections like this one, visit my eBay store at https://www.ebay.com/str/billsraritiesandoddities New collections are being added weekly.
Price: 20 USD
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Binding: Hardcover
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Heritage Press
Topic: Classics
Subject: Literature & Fiction
