Phoenix D Or: 1049 books

After Ball-Carrier had managed to drown the Bad One so that he could not do any more mischief, he forgot the way to his grandmother's house, and could not find it again, though he searched everywhere... 

Once upon a time there lived a King and Queen who were foolish beyond all telling, but nevertheless they were vastly fond of one another. It is true that certain spiteful people were heard to say that this was only one proof the more of their exceeding foolishness, but of course you will understand...

One short story by the Grimm Brothers ...

Three apprentices banded together and agreed to work in the same town, but they had grown so poor that they thought they had to separate. A richly dressed man asked them to help him for money...

Those who have been following the recent discoveries and investigations will remember that in an article not long ago I mentioned the existence, within one of the great classes of monads, of two types which, though equal to one another in development, differ greatly in their intervals between lives,...

Of a gentleman of Burgundy who paid a chambermaid ten crowns to sleep with her, but before he left her room, had his ten crowns back, and made her carry him on her shoulders through the host's chamber. And in passing by the said chamber he let wind so loudly that all was known, as you will hear in the story which follows.

Of a hermit who deceived the daughter of a poor woman, making her believe that her daughter should have a son by him who should become Pope; and how, when she brought forth it was a girl, and thus was the trickery of the hermit discovered, and for that cause he had to flee from that countery.

Of a knight of Picardy who went to Prussia, and, meanwhile his lady took a lover, and was in bed with him when her husband returned; and how by a cunning trick she got her lover out of the room without the knight being aware of it.

Once upon a time a shepherd was taking his flock out to pasture, when he found a little baby lying in a meadow, left there by some wicked person, who thought it was too much trouble to look after it. The shepherd was fond of children, so he took the baby home with him and gave it plenty...

De verteller begint met eraan te herinneren dat de nieuwsgierigheid is de meest acute gevoel onder de eerlijkere geslacht , en neem het voorbeeld van een vrouw die de provincie heeft duidelijk bekend . Onder een onberispelijke verschijning, een man , twee kinderen , een rij leven , ze is...

This news denounces the negligence of the judiciary and police services in the province . The story happens in a country village , where a morning the postman discovered the naked body of a young girl on the riverside . Early findings show that she was raped and then strangled...  

Le narrateur va aider le père Joseph à relever ses nasses sur le grand étang. Ce dernier lui raconte l’histoire du Juif errant qui est mort ici-même...

Dans cette piécette de salon, Maupassant met en scène M. de Garelle qui, dans un hôtel de Cannes, retrouve Mme de Chantever, sa femme remariée...

Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife in a dirty, tumble-down cottage, not very far from the splendid palace where the king and queen dwelt. In spite of the wretched state of the hut, which many people declared was too bad even for a pig to live in, the old man was very rich,...