DROLL STORIES     

  

       COLLECTED FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINE     

  

       BY HONORE DE BALZAC     

Illustrated by Gustave Dore

  

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       CONTENTS     

  TRANSLATORS PREFACE  

  VOLUME I 

  PROLOGUE  

  THE FAIR IMPERIA  

  THE VENIAL SIN  

          How The Good Man Bruyn Took A Wife How The Seneschal Struggled With His Wife’s Modesty That Which Is Only A Venial Sin How And By Whom The Said Child Was Procured How The Said Love-Sin Was Repented Of And Led To Great Mourning  

  THE KING’S SWEETHEART  

  THE DEVIL’S HEIR  

  THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH  

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