Short fiction from the “Scenes from Private Life” section of Balzac’s Human Comedy.

Two women write letters to tell each other about their lives and loves.

A young reporter struggles to investigate a seemingly impossible crime, in which an assailant has escaped from a locked bedroom completely unseen.

The fourth set of stories of a Catholic priest who is also an amateur detective.

The third set of stories of a Catholic priest who is also an amateur detective.

Ailing, neurotic, and bored with the world, a French nobleman retreats to a secluded cottage in the countryside to create an artificial paradise for himself.

A collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant, in order of date of composition.

A Scottish lord and lady set off on a quest to find and rescue the shipwrecked Captain Grant.

An epileptic prince becomes entangled in Russian high society.

King Vikram becomes trapped in a cycle of stories as he tries to capture a cunning vampire.

A courier of the Russian Czar must race against time and the Siberian elements to deliver a crucial message of an impeding Tartar invasion and possible treachery.

A man builds a farm and a family as society changes around him.