《最好的顾客》写孤苦伶仃的老人安排自己后事时的凄凉心情;《凡尔赛归来》叙述一个艺术爱好者在拍卖行抢购一幅名画形成的悲剧;《布布尔》揭露一个把牲畜看得高于穷人的“慈善家”的面目;《天子》则刻画殡仪馆老板盼望自己的主顾早死的唯利是图的心理。特罗亚的短篇小说篇幅不长,但情节紧凑,人物形象栩栩如生,充满幽默感,具有一定的思想深度和较高的艺术性,所以发表后不断再版,成为法国读者喜爱的作品。 “The Best Customer” writes about the desolation of a lonely old man who arranges his own affairs; “Versailles Returns” describes the tragedy of an art lover buying a famous painting at an auction house; “Bouble” In the face of the poor “philanthropist ”; “Son of Heaven” depicts the psychology of the mercenary funeral parlor boss looking forward to his own premature death. Troyes short stories are not long, but the plot is compact, lifelike characters, full of sense of humor, with a certain depth of thought and a higher artistic, so published after the reprint, as French readers favorite works.