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The collection gathers short, often ribald and satirical tales that blend mythic figures like satyrs, fauns, and beasts with lampooning sketches of human desire and social pretension. Stories range from comic anecdotes and parodic sonnets to framed narratives that mix grotesque eroticism, ironic moralizing, and playful linguistic ornament. The narrator alternates between mock erudition and barbed wit, exposing sexual excess, transformation, and social hypocrisy while favoring evocative imagery, pastiche of classical motifs, and a tone that oscillates between mischievous fantasy and biting satire.

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Title: Contes pour les satyres

Author: Georges Fourest

Release date: December 22, 2019 [eBook #60998]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: French

Credits: Produced by Laurent Vogel (from images generously made
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Georges Fourest

CONTES POUR
LES SATYRES

D'ailleurs et j'en préviens les mères de famille,
Ce que j'écris n'est pas pour les petites filles
Dont on coupe le pain en tartines.
Th. Gautier. (Albertus)

ALBERT MESSEIN, ÉDITEUR

19, QUAI SAINT-MICHEL, PARIS. 1923