This comprehensive anthology of standard and nonstandard short fiction includes works by Stael, Denon, Stendhal, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Sand, Mirimie, Desbordes-Valmore, Flaubert, Hugo, Zola, Huysmans, Rachilde, Schwob, Barbey-d'Aurevilly, and Villiers de l'Isle d'Adam.