Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 165 Bergerat, Emile 1845 1923 Bergerat, Émile Caliban Bergerat, Auguste-Emile Contes de Caliban Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_de_Caliban Béjarec le faiseur d'enfants -- Coco et Bibi -- Le premier mot -- Un cas de psychomancie -- L'étranglé hilare -- Le coup de la belle-mère -- Le crime du moulin au moulin du crime -- Le mariage de Cambronne -- Loys Égarot ou l'argent d'autrui -- Le sieur «On» -- Lazoche, peintre d'idéaux -- Orderic le «babuineur» -- Scipion Garsoulas -- La dame du sonnet -- Le bon chevalier de Frileuse -- Les petits romans de Géraldine -- Un duel darwiniste -- Les bottes de vingt-huit kilomètres -- Cendrillon en automobile -- Le diable en Bretagne -- Les demi-âmes -- L'enfant perdu -- L'héritage d'Yvon Legoaz -- Azeline -- La tache d'encre -- La Vénus vitriolée -- La plus terrible arme du monde -- A deux de jeu -- L'alliance -- L'horreur humaine -- Les chemises sanglantes -- Une femme libre -- Le récit du chirurgien -- La trouée Produced by Tonya Allen and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "Contes de Caliban" by Émile Bergerat is a collection of humorous short stories written in the early 20th century. The book explores various themes and societal observations through a lens of wit and satire, often focusing on unique characters such as Yan Béjarec, a man with a peculiar vocation tied to fertility and familial dynamics. The stories aim to provoke thought while entertaining the reader with intriguing plots and dialogues. The opening of the collection features the story of Yan Béjarec, who is introduced as a somewhat simple yet well-meaning man in his late seventies, known for his remarkable ability to assist couples in conceiving children. Shifting from a marriage involving two sisters—one fertile and the other not—the tale unfolds as Béjarec's reputation grows within the rural community after he unorthodoxly helps friends, leading to humorous yet touching episodes. His life’s work intertwines with themes of family, love, and societal expectations, revealing an underlying critique of moral conventions and the human condition as it relates to parenthood and relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 20th century PQ Text FR Humour Category: Short Stories Category: Humour Category: French Literature 450025 2025-07-05T14:10:54.931043 text/html 450141 449910 2024-11-05T16:57:07.902128 2023-10-06T04:57:43.035613 text/html text/html 244815 2025-07-05T14:11:01.704992 application/epub+zip 251600 2025-07-05T14:10:56.750022 application/epub+zip 251600 2025-07-05T14:10:55.623048 application/epub+zip 454119 2025-07-05T14:11:05.720999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416734 2025-07-05T14:11:00.996004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392026 2022-09-06T20:00:46.438692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404373 2025-07-05T14:10:54.437094 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 384568 2024-10-28T19:25:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18800 2025-07-05T14:11:05.847980 application/rdf+xml 13543 2025-07-05T14:10:56.110025 image/jpeg 3603 2025-07-05T14:10:55.865029 image/jpeg 240168 2025-07-05T14:10:54.968029 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia