Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Micromegas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist"s Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris" by Baudelaire; "Minuet" by de Maupassant; "The Guest" by Camus; and more. Accurate English translations appear on facing pages.