Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
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DROLL STORIES
COLLECTED FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINE
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
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CONTENTS
TRANSLATORS PREFACE
VOLUME I
THE FIRST TEN TALES
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PROLOGUE
THE FAIR IMPERIA
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THE VENIAL SIN
HOW THE GOOD MAN BRUYN TOOK A WIFE.
HOW THE SENESCHAL STRUGGLED WITH HIS WIFE'S MODESTY.
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THAT WHICH IS ONLY A VENIAL SIN.
HOW AND BY WHOM THE SAID CHILD WAS PROCURED.
HOW THE SAID LOVE-SIN WAS REPENTED OF AND LED TO GREAT MOURNING.
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THE KING'S SWEETHEART
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THE DEVIL'S HEIR
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THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH
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THE HIGH CONSTABLE'S WIFE
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THE MAID OF THILOUSE
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THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU
THE REPROACH
EPILOGUE
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VOLUME II
THE SECOND TEN TALES
PROLOGUE
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THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS
THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST
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THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY
HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT
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THE FALSE COURTESAN
THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT
THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE
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THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON
THE SUCCUBUS
Prologue
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PETITION
TOURNEBOUCHE.
PETITION
HIEROME CORNILLE.
JEHAN DE LA HAYE.
DESPAIR IN LOVE
EPILOGUE
VOLUME III
THE THIRD TEN TALES
PROLOGUE
PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE
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CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS
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ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY
BERTHA THE PENITENT
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HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE
IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE
CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS
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ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS
INNOCENCE
THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED
EPILOGUE
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