Stories for Ninon + New Stories for Ninon (Unabridged)

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Emile Zola. Stories for Ninon + New Stories for Ninon (Unabridged)

Stories for Ninon + New Stories for Ninon

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STORIES FOR NINON

TO NINON

SIMPLICE

THE BALL-PROGRAM

SHE WHO LOVES ME

THE LOVE-FAIRY

BLOOD

THE THIEVES AND THE ASS

SISTER-OF-THE-POOR

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

THE ADVENTURES OF BIG SIDOINE AND LITTLE MÉDÉRIC

I. THE HEROES

II. THEY START ON THEIR TRAVELS

III. SHORT DISQUISITION ON MUMMIES

IV. SIDOINE’S FISTS

V. MÉDÉRIC’S SPEECH

VI. MÉDÉRIC EATS BLACKBERRIES

VII. WHEREIN SIDOINE BECOMES TALKATIVE

VIII. THE CHARMING PRIMROSE QUEEN OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HAPPY

IX. WHEREIN MÉDÉRIC POPULARISES ASTRONOMY, HISTORY, THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, EXACT AND NATURAL SCIENCES, AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHERS

X. VARIOUS STRANGE AND UNFORESEEN MEETINGS WHICH HAPPENED TO SIDOINE AND MÉDÉRIC

XI. A MODEL SCHOOL

XII. MORAL

NEW STORIES FOR NINON

TO NINON

A BATH

THE STRAWBERRIES

BIG MICHU

THE FAST

THE SHOULDERS OF THE MARCHIONESS

MY NEIGHBOUR JACQUES

THE PARADISE OF CATS

LILI

THE LEGEND OF CUPID’S LITTLE BLUE MANTLE

THE BLACKSMITH

THE SLACK SEASON

THE LITTLE VILLAGE

SOUVENIRS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

JEAN GOURDON’S FOUR DAYS

I. SPRING

II. SUMMER

III. AUTUMN

IV. WINTER

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Emile Zola

(Unabridged)

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She had rested her head on his shoulder. Bending over the brook they smiled at one another. Sometimes, raising their foreheads, they followed with their eyes the gold dust fluttering in the last rays of the sun. They clasped each other slowly, slowly. They awaited the appearance of the first star to be blended together in one and fly off for ever.

Not a word troubled their ecstasy. Their spirits rising to their lips were exchanged in their breath.

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