5 outstanding selections from noble tradition: Heinrich von Kleist's 'The Earthquake in Chile,' E. T. A. Hoffmann's 'The Sandman,' Arthur Schnitzler's 'Lieutenant Gustl,' Thomas Mann's 'Tristan,' and Franz Kafka's 'The Judgment.' For ...

Beginning students of the French language and readers looking for a bilingual collection of their favorite stories will welcome this affordable anthology. It comprises works by Voltaire, de Maupassant, Colette, Balzac, Flaubert, and o...

This collection of enchanting tales spotlights the works of 5 outstanding French writers prominent during the 19th century. Included are Trilby, or the Elf of Argyll, by Charles Nodier, Theophile Gautier's The Amorous Dead Woman, as w...

This bilingual anthology reflects the geographic and cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. Encompassing the literary traditions of Central America, South America, and Spain, the stories range in mood from comic and ironi...

12 of Kafka's tales from the compilation Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor), along with 2 tales from Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist). Rilke's stories include 'Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke' (The Ballad of ...

From the realism of López Portillo to the romanticism of Gutierrez Nájera, this important collection offers a rich sampling of the finest Mexican prose published from 1843 to 1918. Nine short story selections appear in their origina...

Carefully chosen collection provides both the French original and new line-by-line English translations ' on facing pages ' of 6 great 19th-century French short stories. Merimee's Mateo Falcone, Sylvie by Nerval, Daudet's La mule du P...