Contes cruels
Volume I cover | |
| Author | Octave Mirbeau |
|---|---|
| Original title | Contes cruels |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Publisher | Librairie Séguier |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | France |
Contes cruels (Cruel Tales) is a two-volume set of about 150 tales and short stories by the 19th-century French writer Octave Mirbeau, collected and edited by Pierre Michel and Jean-François Nivet and published in two volumes in 1990 by Librairie Séguier. The title was taken from Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, of whom Mirbeau was a friend and admirer.