AGATHA CHRISTIE
CHAPTER I. I GO TO STYLES
The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time
as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in ...
HONORE DE BALZAC
TRANSLATORS PREFACE
When, in March, 1832, the first volume of the now famous Contes
Drolatiques was published by Gosselin of Paris, Balzac, in a short
preface, wri...
THIRD TEN TALES
HONORE DE BALZAC
PROLOGUE
Certain persons have interrogated the author as to why there was such a
demand for these tales that no year passes without his giving an...