Rapid Tales

by Jane de La Vaudère

From April 1897 until April 1903, Jane de La Vaud?re (1857-1908) published in the Parisian newspapers La Presse and La Lanterne a series of over one hundred vignettes, mostly under the heading Contes Rapides. These brief stories, of beauty, horror, humor, love, and cruelty, carry strategies of narrative minimalism to a new level, and show the work of a masterful female author who was able to polish gems of decadence to sparkling perfection in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1645251241
• ISBN13: 9781645251248
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Snuggly Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"