Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 161 Janin, Jules Gabriel 1804 1874 Janin, J. (Jules) Contes, Nouvelles et Recits Tout de bon coeur -- L'Épagneul maître d'école -- Mlle de Malboissière -- Mlle de Launay -- Zémire -- Versailles -- Le Poète en voyage -- La reine Marguerite. 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, Nouvelles et Recits" by Jules Gabriel Janin is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The anthology opens with a tale that explores themes of suffering, justice, and the supernatural, featuring characters such as a cruel bailiff and the devil. The stories reflect the socio-political climate of the time, highlighting the struggles of the common people against oppressive authority. The opening of the book introduces a harrowing narrative about a desolate region ravaged by war and tyranny, governed by a malevolent bailiff who brings despair to the villages under his control. As the narrative unfolds, the bailiff encounters the devil during a grim journey, leading to a series of dark and ironic exchanges that illustrate the bailiff's greed and moral decay. The story sets a stern tone, juxtaposing the bailiff's heartless actions with the suffering of the villagers, ultimately culminating in a twist of fate that evokes themes of justice—a moral underpinning suggesting that cruelty and tyranny may lead to one's downfall. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 438970 2025-08-05T16:05:04.139723 text/html 439062 438831 2024-11-06T03:49:18.197490 2023-10-06T05:56:32.138725 text/html text/html 235613 2025-08-05T16:05:11.226804 application/epub+zip 242991 2025-08-05T16:05:06.931636 application/epub+zip 230360 2025-08-05T16:05:05.786747 application/epub+zip 402796 2025-08-05T16:05:14.654663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379867 2025-08-05T16:05:10.556695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349238 2022-09-06T21:26:57.699167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413840 2025-08-05T16:05:03.722720 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 393911 2024-10-28T19:37:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17585 2025-08-05T16:05:14.779637 application/rdf+xml 10029 2025-08-05T16:05:06.283659 image/jpeg 2728 2025-08-05T16:05:06.031648 image/jpeg 233382 2025-08-05T16:05:04.177673 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia