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Guy de Maupassant
ISBN: 9780199555789
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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This selection of twenty-seven stories in a lively new transltion shows Maupassant as his comic, cruel, and brillant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness.
This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in the annals of story-telling, Maupassant stands 'like a lion in the path'.
| ISBN | 0199555788 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780199555789
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 233 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford World's Classics | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780192838636 | | Publication date | 30 Jul 2009 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Translator | David Coward | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 843.8 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 336 | |
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Includes: Out on the River; Family Life; A Farm Girl's Story; Country Living; Riding Out; A Railway Story; Old Milon; A Coup d'Etat; The Christening; Coco; A Coward; The Patron; The Umbrella; The Necklace; Strolling; Bed 29; The Gamekeeper; Mademoiselle Pearl; Rosalie; Prudent; Our Spot; Clochette; La Horla
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