Length18h 15m
About this audiobook
Droll Stories, collection of short stories by Honoré de Balzac, published in three sets of 10 stories each, in 1832, 1833, and 1837, as Contes drolatiques. Rabelaisian in theme, the stories are written with great vitality in a pastiche of 16th-century language. The tales are fully as lively as the author's masterful Comédie humaine series, but they stand apart for their good-humoured licentiousness and historical wordplay.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (2.1K)
Includes LibraryThing, Goodreads, Amazon
GenreLiterary Classics
Length18 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TRANSLATORS PREFACE
2VOLUME I
3PROLOGUE
4THE FAIR IMPERIA
5THE VENIAL SIN
Show all chaptersShow less
6HOW THE GOOD MAN BRUYN TOOK A WIFE.
7HOW THE SENESCHAL STRUGGLED WITH HIS WIFE’S MODESTY.
8THAT WHICH IS ONLY A VENIAL SIN.
9HOW AND BY WHOM THE SAID CHILD WAS PROCURED.
10HOW THE SAID LOVE-SIN WAS REPENTED OF AND LED TO GREAT MOURNING.
11THE KING’S SWEETHEART
12THE DEVIL’S HEIR
13THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH
14THE HIGH CONSTABLE’S WIFE
15THE MAID OF THILOUSE
16THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
17THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU
18THE REPROACH
19EPILOGUE
20VOLUME II
21PROLOGUE
22THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS
23THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST
24THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY
25HOW THE CHATEAU D’AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT
26THE FALSE COURTESAN
27THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT
28THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE
29THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON
30THE SUCCUBUS
31Prologue
32PETITION
33TOURNEBOUCHE.
34PETITION
35HIEROME CORNILLE.
36JEHAN DE LA HAYE.
37DESPAIR IN LOVE
38EPILOGUE
39VOLUME III
40PROLOGUE
41PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE
42CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS
43ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY
44BERTHA THE PENITENT
45HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE
46IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE
47CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS
48ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS
49INNOCENCE
50THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED
Series
Scenes from a Courtesan's LifeHonoré de Balzac21h 33m4.1 (5.2K)$2.30
The Physiology of MarriageHonoré de Balzac12h 29m3.2 (182)$2.30
Honoré de Balzac Gesammelte WerkeHonoré de Balzac358h 16m4.5 (166)$2.30
Christ in FlandersHonoré de Balzac45m3.6 (262)$2.30
Leb wohl!Honoré de Balzac1h 51m3.6 (1K)$2.30
Das Haus NucingenHonoré de Balzac2h 49m3.3 (296)$2.30
Die alte JungferHonoré de Balzac5h 58m3.5 (525)$2.30
Der AuftragHonoré de Balzac37m3.9 (558)$2.30
Physiologie der EheHonoré de Balzac14h 40m3.2 (340)$2.30
Die dreißig tolldreisten Geschichten - Drittes ZehentHonoré de Balzac7h 7m$2.30
Der LandarztHonoré de Balzac10h 31m3.7 (943)$2.30
The Girl with the Golden EyesHonoré de Balzac3h 3m3.6 (3.1K)$2.30
Tolldreiste Geschichten Nacherzählung von Otto Julius Bierbaum und Carl Theodor Ritter von RibaHonoré de Balzac13h 19m4.0 (34)$2.30
Eine dunkle GeschichteHonoré de Balzac8h 45m3.9 (2.5K)$2.30
Die KleinbürgerHonoré de Balzac22h 9m3.8 (219)$2.30
Eugénie GrandetHonoré de Balzac9h 34m3.9 (33K)$2.30
Father GoriotHonoré de Balzac11h 12m4.0 (75K)$2.30
The Two BrothersHonoré de Balzac11h 49m4.0 (486)$2.30
LebensbilderHonoré de Balzac13h 6m$2.30
Oberst ChabertHonoré de Balzac2h 59m4.1 (20.4K)$2.30
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m4.7 (13.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
You may also like
Marguerite de ValoisAlexandre Dumas24h 18m4.2 (17.5K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Tale of Genji, Volume 1Murasaki Shikibu35h 35m4.2 (2.2K)$30
Louise de la ValliereAlexandre Dumas19h 52m4.1 (5.7K)$2.30
Daughter of the GodsStephanie Marie Thornton15h 54m4.2 (2.3K)$25
Conquered by a HighlanderPaula Quinn9h 57m4.1 (3.6K)$20
A Woman of No ImportanceOscar Wilde4h 4m4.0 (19.8K)$2 · $0.00
Marguerite de ValoisAlexandre Dumas24h 15m4.2 (18K)$2.30
The Three ClerksAnthony Trollope22h 30m3.9 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Princess of ClevesMadame de La Fayette6h 17m3.5 (22.5K)$1 · $0.00
The DecameronGiovanni Boccaccio37h 4m4.1 (131.4K)$1 · $0.00
Plain Tales From The Hills (40+ Short Stories in One Edition)Rudyard Kipling10h 30m3.9 (14.7K)$1 · $0.00
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes (Annotated)Miguel de Cervantes20h 44m4.0 (3.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Bride of LammermoorSir Walter Scott14h 20m3.8 (4.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
Plain Tales from the Hills: Rudyard Kipling Collection - 40+ Short Stories (The Tales of Life in British India) (Annotated)Rudyard Kipling10h 46m3.9 (3.5K)$3 · $0.00
All for Love; Or, The World Well LostJohn Dryden2h 53m3.7 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
Passion & Power - 3 Castle-Set Classic NovelsBaron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, William Harrison Ainsworth, R. D. Blackmore48h 38m$2
KönigsmarkA. E. W. Mason12h 39m3.9 (148)$1.20 · $0.00
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — FictionUnknown11h 2m3.4 (23)$2.30
Windsor CastleWilliam Harrison Ainsworth13h 15m3.6 (706)$2.30
GodivaNicole Galland9h 2m3.5 (616)$29 · $0.00