"Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Complete" is a group of 3 brief testimonies written by means of the well-known French creator Gustave Droz. Droz, who's acknowledged for being humorous, writes approximately the everyday lives of a Parisian bourgeois circle of relatives and the things that show up to them in every tale. The story of "Monsieur" is ready a middle-aged man who has to cope with the societal expectancies and psychological disaster of living a bourgeois life. It's an introspective adventure that does a terrific activity of showing how difficult it's far to address growing old, locating your personal identification, and social pressures. "Madame," on the other hand, offers us a investigate the existence of the wife. In a time whilst women' roles were confined to the home, the tale indicates how she dealt with marriage, motherhood, and the desire to be herself. This is a shifting tale approximately finding out extra approximately yourself and seeking to achieve success. The very last tale, "Bébé," is a humorous and exciting tale approximately a chunk boy figuring out his early years. Droz does a brilliant process of displaying how innocent and curious a toddler's global is even as additionally displaying how complicated grownup lifestyles can be. Overall, Droz's collection is a take a look at society, a close study a wealthy own family, and a reflection of the human condition. It's a piece that strikes a chord with readers of all times.

Babolain, a novel by Gustave Droz. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1873 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

"Stories by Foreign Authors - French II" by Prosper Mérimée, François Coppée, Émile Souvestre, Émile François Zola, Antoine Gustave Droz. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Joyeux Noël: “[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.” ―Foreword Reviews This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates Christmas à la française—delicious, intense and unexpected.