The Best Short Stories
$10.29
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
5 February 1997
Summary
The Masterful Tales of Maupassant: A Collection of Short Stories
Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story, and this collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony.
He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies, and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781853261893 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1853261890 |
| Series: | Wordsworth Classics |
| Author: | Guy de Maupassant, Professor Cedric Watts, Dr Keith Carabine |
| Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 1997 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
About The Author
Guy de Maupassant
De Maupassant was born of upper-middle-class parents in Normandy. He lived with his mother at Etretat, a newly fashionable seaside resort. Having enrolled as a law student in 1869, he was called up after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and served as a quartermaster’s clerk in Rouen. Following the war he left the army and eventually secured a post as a minor civil servant.
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