Project Gutenberg 2024-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 286 Patten, William 1868 1936 Short story classics (Foreign), Vol. 4, French I $aNew York :$bP. F. Collier & Son, $c1907. The unknown masterpiece, by Honoré de Balzac -- The price of a life, by Augustin Eugène Scribe -- Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, by Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny -- Claude Gueux, by Victor Marie Hugo -- A bal masqué, by Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas -- How the redoubt was taken, by Prosper Mérimée -- The Vendean marriage, by Jules Gabriel Janin -- The Marquise, by George Sand -- The beauty-spot, by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset -- The mummy's foot, by Théophile Gautier -- Circé, by Octave Feuillet -- The hanging at La Piroche, by Alexandre Dumas, Fils -- The Dean's watch, by Erckmann-Chatrian -- At the Palais de Justice, by Alphonse Daudet -- Boum-Boum, by Jules Claretie. Andrés V. Galia, Santiago, Andrew Butchers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Short Story Classics (Foreign), Vol. 4, French I" by William Patten is a collection of translated short stories written in the 19th century. This volume features renowned works by French authors such as Honoré de Balzac and Eugène Scribe, showcasing a variety of themes including the struggles of artists, the pursuit of glory, and the deeper inquiries into human emotions and relationships. The anthology aims to present a nuanced understanding of the French literary landscape of its time. At the start of the compilation, we are introduced to "The Unknown Masterpiece" by Honoré de Balzac, which tells the story of a young artist named Nicolas Poussin who embarks on a journey of artistic discovery. Setting the tone of ambition and disillusionment, the narrative depicts Poussin as he engages with the established painter Master Porbus and an enigmatic old man, the former pupil of a renowned artist. The old man's passionate critique and esoteric philosophies about art mesmerize Poussin, revealing the conflicts between desire, talent, and the damaging pursuit of perfection in artistry. The characters come together in a richly described studio filled with tangible artistic struggle, foreshadowing the reverberations of both success and failure in their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/shortstoryclassi04pattrich 20200525124012patten 1907 US Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, French -- Translations into English French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 531051 2025-06-29T08:11:54.526764 text/html 505022 2024-06-20T00:04:39 text/html 1671647 2025-06-29T08:12:02.865333 application/epub+zip 1669611 2025-06-29T08:11:56.043259 application/epub+zip 333895 2025-06-29T08:11:55.241375 application/epub+zip 1793955 2025-06-29T08:12:07.673210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1749965 2025-06-29T08:12:02.121278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478073 2025-06-29T08:11:53.292778 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 458062 2024-06-20T00:04:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16624 2025-06-29T08:12:07.817238 application/rdf+xml 18276 2025-06-29T08:11:55.407302 image/jpeg 2823 2025-06-29T08:11:55.322284 image/jpeg 1488442 2025-06-29T08:11:54.644296 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