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Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ranging from poignant scrutiny of social pretension, to wicked tales of lust and love, to harrowing stories of terror and madness, the genius of Guy de Maupassant, France’s greatest short-story writer, is on full display in this enthralling new translation by Joachim Neugroschel. The stories Neugroschel has gathered vividly reveal Maupassant’s remarkable range, his keen eye, his technical perfection, his sexual realism, his ability to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Set in the nouveau riche Paris of society women, prostitutes and playboys, in the Normandy countryside and on the French Riviera where Maupassant lived, the thirty-three contes in this new selection are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in French literature. They focus on the complexity of close relationships between lovers, as in the poignant fantasy 'A Parisian Affair' or the touchingly ironical 'The Jewels'; between siblings,...
Author
Publisher
Liverlight Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Reinterpreting the master of the modern short story's greatest works for a new generation of readers, an anthology collects 28 classic masterpieces, all written between 1880 and 1890, that carry themes of French life, war and the supernatural.
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