Randolph Paul Runyon is a professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface      BOOK1. “Jocondo”      2. “Richard Minutolo”      3. “The Cuckold, Cudgeled but Content”      4. “The Husband Who Heard Confession”      5. “The Cobbler and His Wife”      6. “Bosom Buddies”      7. “The Glutton”      8. “A Model Nun”      9. “Provincial Justice”      10. “The Peasant Who Angered His Lord”      11. “In the Court of Love”      12. “Vulcan’s Revenge”      13. “The Ballad of the Books”      BOOK1. “The Ear-Maker”      2. “The Catalonian Friars”      3. “The Cradle”      4. “The Muleteer”      5. “The Saint Julian Prayer”      6. “The Servant Girl Found Guiltless”      7. “The Three Wives’ Wager”      8. “How Old Men Count the Days”      9. “A Money-Minded Woman Meets Her Match”      10. “You Can’t Think of Everything”      11. “The Bumpkin in Search of His Calf ”      12. “Hans Carvel’s Ring”      13. “The Boasting Braggart Punished”      14. “The Runaway Bride”      15. “The Hermit Monk”      16. “Mazet of Lamporechio”      BOOK THREE1. “Brother Philip’s Geese”      2. “The Mandrake”      3. “An Evening in Reims”      4. “The Enchanted Cup”      5. “The Falcon”      6. “The Courtesan Who Fell in Love”      7. “Nicaise”      8. “The Saddle”      9. “The Kiss in Exchange”      10. “Time to Confess”      11. “Portrait of Iris”      12. “Cupid the Intruder”      13. “The Quarrel between a Beauty’s Mouth and Eyes”      14. “The Wonder Dog”      15. “Clymene”      BOOK FOUR1. “How Girls Get Smart”      2. “The Mother Superior”      3. “The Wife Swappers”      4. “A Clear Conscience”      5. “The Devil of Popefingerdom”      6. “Ferondo in Purgatory”      7. “The Psalter”      8. “King Candaules and the Professor of Law”      9. “Putting the Devil in Hell”      10. “The Farmer and His Mare”      11. “Eel Pâté”      12. “The Eyeglasses”      13. “Convincing Kate”      14. “The Tub”      15. “Mission Impossible”      16. “The Magnificent One”      17. “The Painting”      THE UNCOLLECTED TALES1. “The Ephesian Matron”      2. “Belphegor”      3. “The Little Bell”      4. “The River Scamander”      5. “The Unwitting Go-Between”      6. “The Remedy”      7. “Indiscreet Confessions”      8. “Mixed Up in the Dark”      9. “A Rearward Glance”      Notes on the Tales      Bibliography      Index