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A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
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Series: Penguin Classics
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ISBN10: 0140448128
ISBN13: 9780140448122
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Dec 28 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.76
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780140448122
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Dec 28 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.76
Language: English
Thirty-three tales of the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature
Set in the Paris of society women and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that Guy de Maupassant knew as a child, these stories repeatedly lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty. They focus on the relationships between men and women, between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. Through these relationships, Maupassant explores the dualistic nature of the human character and his stories reveal both nobility, civility and generosity, and, in stories such as At Sea and Boule de Suif, vanity, greed and hypocrisy. Siân Miles's vibrant translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Maupassant's stpries as a reflection of the rapidly changing beliefs of his society. This edition includes the famous story, The Necklace, as well as a chronology, notes, and suggestions for further reading. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Set in the Paris of society women and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that Guy de Maupassant knew as a child, these stories repeatedly lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty. They focus on the relationships between men and women, between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. Through these relationships, Maupassant explores the dualistic nature of the human character and his stories reveal both nobility, civility and generosity, and, in stories such as At Sea and Boule de Suif, vanity, greed and hypocrisy. Siân Miles's vibrant translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Maupassant's stpries as a reflection of the rapidly changing beliefs of his society. This edition includes the famous story, The Necklace, as well as a chronology, notes, and suggestions for further reading. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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