Sredi geroev "Zanimatelnykh istorij" de Sada - zhadnye bogachi i rasputnye monakhi, nevernye zheny i "rogatye" muzhja, chvanlivye dvorjane i zhestokie sudi, pokhotlivye stariki i molodye vertoprakhi. V etikh novellakh bet kljuchom zhivaja, neprikrashennaja zhizn.