# Great short stories, Volume 3 (of 3)

Author: Patten, William, 1868-1936 [Editor]

Genre: Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74550

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Great+short+stories%2C+Volume+3+%28of+3%29+Patten&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_"The Attack on the Mill" is Zola's contribution to a volume entitled "Les Soirées de Medan," made up of stories written by several friends at his country home. Maupassant's celebrated story, "Boule de Suif," made its first appearance in this volume. An ardent admirer and disciple of Balzac, Zola early conceived the idea of writing a connected history of a family and its branches, somewhat as Balzac had done in the "Comédie Humaine." He possessed remarkable power to analyze human nature and wrote in a style so realistic that he was often called upon to defend it. "The Attack on the Mill" is frequently cited as one of the best of his short stories._

## Chapters

- [part I threw a last glance at the Venus. I foresaw that my host,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/3/index.md)
- [mill. Night was closing in; Françoise followed every movement of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/2/index.md)
- [VOLUME III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/1/index.md)
- [ACT II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/5/index.md)
- [ACT V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/8/index.md)
- [ACT III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/6/index.md)
- [ACT I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/4/index.md)
- [ACT IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-short-stories-volume-3-of-3-74550/chapters/7/index.md)