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| HENRI RENE ALBERT GUY DE MAUPASSANT | 1 |
| PIERRE MILLE | 41 |
| VILLIERS DE L’ISLE ADAM | 46 |
| ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN | 50 |
| HONORE DE BALZAC | 78 |
| FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE | 124 |
| THE BLIND OF ONE EYE | 124 |
| THE NOSE | 126 |
| THE DOG AND THE HORSE | 128 |
| THE ENVIOUS MAN | 130 |
| THE GENEROUS | 133 |
| THE MINISTER | 135 |
| THE DISPUTES AND THE AUDIENCES | 136 |
| JEALOUSY | 137 |
| THE WOMAN BEATEN | 140 |
| THE STONE | 142 |
| THE FUNERAL PILE | 143 |
| THE SUPPER | 144 |
| THE ROBBER | 145 |
| THE FISHERMAN | 147 |
| THE BASILISK | 149 |
| THE COMBATS | 154 |
| THE HERMIT | 157 |
| THE ENIGMAS | 161 |
| PEDRO DE ALARCON | 163 |
| I | 163 |
| II | 165 |
| III | 169 |
| IV | 170 |
| V | 172 |
| VI | 174 |
| LUIGI CAPUANA | 177 |
| LUCIUS APULEIUS | 183 |
| PLINY, THE YOUNGER | 188 |

