The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Title | The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
The Very Best Of Guy De Maupassant
Title | The Very Best Of Guy De Maupassant PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Maupassant de |
Publisher | |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9789386450227 |
Guy de Maupassant was a prolific writer of short stories. He has articulately painted a fascinating picture of French life in the 19th century through his writings.He made his debut as a poet and later, went on write 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. Maupassant was a passionate lover of the sea and rivers, which accounts for the setting of much of his fiction and the prevalence in it of nautical imagery. He presents his characters dispassionately, foregoing any personal moral judgment on them but always noting the word, the gesture, or even the reticence that betrays each one's essential personality, all the while enhancing the effect by describing the physical and social background against which his characters move. Concision, vigour, and the most rigorous economy are the characteristics of his art. This collection includes Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece Boule de Suif and his other famous stories like The Necklace, A Piece of String, Mademoiselle Fifi, Miss Harriet, My Uncle Jules, Found on a Drowned Man and The Wreck. Embassy Books proudly presents this book as part of the Embassy Classics Series, which comprises of some of the finest literary works of great authors.
Alien Hearts
Title | Alien Hearts PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2011-06-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1590174399 |
Alien Hearts was the last book that Guy de Maupassant finished before his death at the early age of forty-three. It is the most original and psychologically penetrating of his several novels, and the one in which he attains a truly tragic perception of the wounded human heart. André Mariolle is a rich, handsome, gifted young man who cannot settle on what to do with himself. Madame de Burne, a glacially dazzling beauty, wants Mariolle to attend her exclusive salon for artists, composers, writers, and other intellectuals. At first Mariolle keeps his distance, but then he hits on the solution to all his problems: caring for nothing in particular, he will devote himself to being in love; Madame de Burne will be his everything. Soon lover and beloved are equally lost within a hall of mirrors of their common devising. Richard Howard’s new English translation of this complex and brooding novel—the first in more than a hundred years—reveals the final, unexpected flowering of a great French realist’s art.
Best Short Stories
Title | Best Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 1996-03-27 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0486289184 |
New edition features 7 of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant's intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.
Selected Short Stories
Title | Selected Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Short stories |
ISBN |
Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Title | Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassant PDF eBook |
Author | Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | Random House Value Publishing |
Pages | 1006 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
The Necklace and Other Short Stories
Title | The Necklace and Other Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Maupassant Guy de |
Publisher | Xist Publishing |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 2016-02-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1681952092 |
Opulence is sometimes deceiving“She removed the wraps from her shoulders before the glass, for a final view of herself in her glory. Suddenly she uttered a cry. Her necklace was not around...” - Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace Madame Mathilde Loisel is displeased: she cannot go to a fancy party because she doesn’t have anything to wear. Her husband tries to help her and gives her money to buy a new dress. She insists she also needs jewels so she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. After the party, Mathilde realizes that she lost the stunning necklace. ,This book has been professionally formatted for e-readers and contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.