Mischievous Tales = Les contes drolatiques. Level 1

Mischievous Tales is a collection of novellas by the famous French writer Honoré de Balzac. The author reveals Medieval France to the reader from a completely different perspective, stepping away from the fashionable romanticism of the period and writing for... the first time about the vices, intrigues, and passions of people. This collection features all three dozen stories. You have the opportunity to read all these tales in the original language, enjoying the elegant style of the writer. All complex phrases and speech constructions are explained in the comments. After the main text, you will find exercises for comprehension and the development of speaking skills. At the end of the book, there is a dictionary compiled specifically for these stories. The publication is recommended as supplementary material for those studying French at levels A1–A2.