The Philter    by Stendhal 
Price: $2.15 USD. 11510 words. Language: English. Published by Fario  on March 7, 2012. Fiction » Literary collections » European / French.
"The Philter" is a dual-language edition of "Le Philtre," Stendhal's brief tale of a young Spanish woman's inexplicable passion for a circus rider from Naples. Both the original French tale and the newly translated English version are hyperlinked to facilitate swift navigation from one language to the other.

Four Stories    by Stendhal 
Price: $3.00 USD. 26140 words. Language: English. Published by Fario  on February 20, 2012. Fiction » Literary collections » European / French.
This collection includes "Recollections of an Italian Gentleman," "The Jew," "The Chest and the Ghost," and "Philibert Lescale." All of the stories are newly translated, and two of them are appearing in English for what is perhaps the first time.

The Chest and the Ghost    by Stendhal 
Price: $1.85 USD. 8340 words. Language: English. Published by Fario  on February 17, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
The leathery and slender chief of police don Blas Bustos y Mosquera has a handsome young nobleman, don Fernando, imprisoned for the crime of appearing before him with a fresh complexion and a cool demeanor. Don Fernando's fiancée comes to plead his case, but her beauty merely prompts the sinister don Blas's attempts to secure don Fernando's permanent removal from his native Granada.

Recollections of an Italian Gentleman    by Stendhal 
Price: $2.20 USD. 11060 words. Language: English. Published by Fario  on February 2, 2012. Fiction » Literary collections » European / French.
"Recollections of an Italian Gentleman" is a tale of a young man turned collaborator in a Rome occupied by French troops and then annexed to Napoleon's empire. The young collaborator recalls the events that marked these turbulent days, among them the abduction of the Pope by the French--His Holiness fiddled with his snuffbox during the entire operation--and the execution of the bandit Spatolino.

The Jew    by Stendhal 
Price: $1.75 USD. 6020 words. Language: English. Published by Fario  on January 27, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.
"Not having anything to read, I write. It's the same kind of pleasure, only more intense."

A Visit From Voltaire    by Dinah Lee Küng
Price: $4.00 USD. 105020 words. Language: English. Published by Eyes and Ears  on November 7, 2011. Fiction » Literary collections » European / French.
Nominated for the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004, A Visit From Voltaire brings the incorrigible 18th-century troublemaker back to life as he haunts the Swiss farmhouse of a newly-arrived American and her family. Over the course of a single winter, a comic Voltaire evolves from the Houseguest-from-Hell into her wisest friend, teaching her how to live life to the fullest. Funny and original.