Widely considered the author's best work, this story of a love affair between Lea, a still-beautiful 49-year-old, and Cheri, selfish young man 30 years her junior, is a superb study of age and sexuality. While the theme of a young man who deserts his older mistress is a familiar one, Colette makes it her own.
Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book by Guy de Maupassant Seven masterly tales: "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif," and "Le Horla." In French, with new English translations on facing pages.
Selected Short Stories (Dual-Language) by Honoré de Balzac 6 short-story masterpieces by great French novelist include "An Episode During the Terror," "A Passion in the Desert," "The Revolutionary Conscript," 3 more. Excellent new English translations on facing pages.
Nineteenth-Century French Short Stories (Dual-Language) by Stanley Appelbaum French text and English translations — on facing pages — of 6 stories: Merimée's Mateo Falcone, Flaubert's Hérodias, L’attaque du moulin by Zola, de Maupassant's Mademoiselle Perle, 2 more. Introduction. Notes.
A Season in Hell and Other Works/Une saison en enfer et oeuvres diverses by Arthur Rimbaud, Stanley Appelbaum Witty, sarcastic, and expressive works include Rimbaud's autobiographical A Season in Hell, his entire Illuminations and "The Drunken Boat," considered by many to be his masterpiece.
