Written when Anais Nin was in her twenties and living in Louveciennes, France, these stories contain many elements that will delight her readers, including details remembered from childhood, life in Paris, and characters including dancers, artists, writers, women who devote themselves to their work and visions. In the craft of these stories readers are treated to a deft sense of humor, ironic wit, much conversation as well as ecstatic prose, and surprise endings.