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Original Title:	Les contes drolatiques
ISBN:	849376437X (ISBN13: 9788493764371)
Edition Language:	Spanish
Series:	Le Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories

Cuentos droláticos (Le Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories)

Honoré de Balzac

Hardcover | Pages: 672 pages

Rating: 3.68 | 405 Users | 40 Reviews

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Published between 1832 and 1837, these short stories constitute an extraordinary project of playful writing whose exuberant use of invented language caused a scandal in the literary world at the time. Complemented by the engravings of Gustave Doré, the stories purport to provoke the readers’ merriment and laughter through their mocking tone and ostensible immorality. Thanks to the cross references between the individual tales, the result is a collection of circular short stories that make up an interrelated and well-constructed whole.

 

Publicados entre 1832 y 1837, estos cuentos constituyen un proyecto insólito de escritura lúdica cuya exuberancia en el uso de un lenguaje inventado significó un escándalo para el mundo literario de la época. Complementados por los grabados de Gustave Doré, los cuentos pretenden provocar la alegría y risa del lector mediante un espíritu burlón y una inmoralidad pretendida. Gracias a las referencias cruzadas entre los tratados individuales, el resultado es una colección de cuentos circulares que componen un todo entrelazado y bien construido.

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Title	:	Cuentos droláticos (Le Contes Drolatiques, or Droll Stories)
Author	:	Honoré de Balzac
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 672 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2012 by Cabaret Voltaire (first published 1831)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Cultural. France. Literature. Banned Books. Humor

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Ratings: 3.68 From 405 Users | 40 Reviews

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I have a very old copy of this book, but haven't read it in years. It sits in my "vintage" book selection of a shelf...next to a skull. ;)

I was hoping for something along the lines of Chaucer and Boccaccio, which I got in some measure (many of the themes and settings are similar), but the bawdiness steps into violence so often that I struggled. Either this wasn't the case with the others, or times have changed--many of the male characters treat rape as a totally acceptable act, and others violently kill their partners for a little teasing or for cheating. I had trouble not being troubled by what the collection reveals about the

Only read the first chapter, but the stories were not "droll." Maybe it would be better in French, but then why did they even bother translating it?

I think that my edition is not this one listed here, but nevertheless my thoughts on de Balzac have stayed the same- I hate him, his style, everything. These stories are all over the place, vulgar and quite frankly they are supposed to be funny, but they are not. I'm giving up on de Balzac, but maybe I'll find some of his work that I'll like, but it's not gonna be any time soon. Sorry not sorry

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(** ½)Blanche wallowed silently in her desire, like a cake which is being floured. This is a book of the richest flavour, full of right hearty merriment, spiced to the palate of the illustrious and very precious tosspots and drinkers, to whom our worthy compatriot, François Rabelais, the eternal honour of Touraine, addressed himself. (From the prologue) As much as I loved the few episodes of La Comédie Humaine I read so far (Lost Illusions, Cousin Bette, Cousin Pons), I cannot say I was

I was really looking forward to reading Droll Stories, as it seemed to me that a ribald parody of medieval tales was subject matter I could easily find amusing treasures in. However it seems as if Balzac had taken on a rabelaisian task without having the right mindset to offer the reader the same degree of grotesque bawdiness all the way through. Balzac promises us a book of the "richest flavour, full of right hearty merriment, spiced to the palate of the illustrious and very precious tosspots