DROLL STORIES 

     COLLECTED FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINE 

 

     VOLUME I 

 

     THE FIRST TEN TALES 

 

     BY HONORE DE BALZAC 

 

 

CONTENTS

 TRANSLATORS PREFACE 

 FIRST TEN TALES 

 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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