This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: France.For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.This book contains:- Guy de Maupassant:- The Necklace- Mademoiselle Fifi- Miss Harriet- My Uncle Jules- Boule de Suif- The Wreck- The Hand- Émile Zola:- Captain Burle- The Miller's Daughter- Jean Gourdon's Four Days- The Fete At Coqueville- The Flood- Death of Olivier Becaille- Nana- Pierre Louÿs:- Woman and Puppy.- The New Pleasure.- Byblis.- Leda.- Immortal Love.- The Artist Triumphant.- The Hill Of Horsel.- Theóphile Gautier:- Clarimonde- The Mummy's Foot- One Of Cleopatra's Night- Omphale: A Rococo Story- King Candaules- Arria Marcella- The Romance of a Mummy- Honoré de Balzac:- The Red Inn- El Verdugo- The Atheist's Mass- La Grande Bretèche- The Elixir of Life- Study of a Woman- Domestic Peace