Contes à Ninon

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Contes à Ninon" by Émile Zola is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The work opens with a nostalgic reflection on youth, love, and the landscapes of Provence, setting a deeply emotional tone as the narrator fondly remembers a cherished figure named Ninon, alongside whom many tales are recounted. The stories promise explorations of romantic entanglements and the profound connections between love and nature. The opening of the collection introduces readers to the voice of a narrator who merges his memories of love with the landscapes of his youth in Provence. He vividly describes serene evenings spent with Ninon, filled with conversations and shared dreams against the backdrop of the countryside. The narrator expresses a deep connection to both Ninon and the land, indicating that their intertwined fates comprise the foundation of these tales. As he reminisces, the theme of love as both a comforting presence and a source of heartache emerges, compelling the reader to anticipate the upcoming stories that delve into the complex relationships woven throughout their shared history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

A Ninon

Simplice

Le carnet de danse

Celle qui m'aime

La fée amoureuse

Le sang

Les voleurs et l'âne

Soeur-des-pauvres

Aventures du grand Sidoine et du petit Médéric.

Credits:

Produced by Sergio Cangiano, Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr

Notes:

Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_%C3%A0_Ninon

Release date is 2005-02-01