Twelve of the finest tales by great French writers from Voltaire to Renard. Includes "The Necklace" by Maupassant; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" (Flaubert), "The Unknown Masterpiece" (Balzac), "The Attack on the Mill" (Zola), "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (Gide), plus works by Merimee, Daudet, Gerard de Nerval, and 4 others.