Nineteenth Century French Tales

Unusual compilation represents trends toward the fantastic and the macabre, expressionism and surrealism. Features 17 imaginative selections by lesser-known, yet often influential, writers. "Adolphe," by Benjamin Constant; "Gaspard de la Nuit," Aloysius Bertrand; "Salome," Jules Laforgue; "The Anatomist," by Petrus Borel, and 13 more by de Kock, Mery, Soulie, Bloy, others. Introductory notes.