• Publication: Cruel TalesPublication Record # 337941
• Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
• Date: 1963-00-00
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pub. Series: Oxford Library of French Classics
• Pages: xiv+257
• Format:
  unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes:

  • Translated by Robert Baldick, introduced by A. W. Raitt.
  • The poems in the French edition were not translated.
  • Only speculative stories have been listed in the contents here; there are 14 others.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1392703 800256454

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• Introduction (Cruel Tales) • essay by A. W. Raitt
• Véra • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of
  Véra^?Vera
  1874)
• Celestial Publicity • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of L'affichage céleste 1873)
• The Glory Machine: S.G.D.G. • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of La machine à gloire: S.G.D.G. 1874)
• The Eleventh-Hour Guest • novelette by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Le convive des dernières fêtes 1874)
• The Very Image • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of À s'y méprendre ! 1875)
• The Secret of the Old Music • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Le secret de l'ancienne musique 1878)
• The Desire to Be a Man • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Le désir d'être un homme 1882)
• The Apparatus for the Chemical Analysis of the Last Breath • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of L'appareil pour l'analyse chimique du dernier soupir 1874)
• The Sign • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of L'intersigne 1868)
• The Unknown Woman • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of L'inconnue 1876)
• Doctor Tristan's Treatment • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Le traitement du docteur Tristan 1877)
• Occult Memories • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Souvenirs occultes 1867)
• Epilogue: The Messenger • short story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (trans. of Épilogue: L'annonciateur 1869)