Guy de Maupassant

Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant

Introduction by Catriona Seth
Übersetzer: Laurie, Marjorie; Rhys, Brian

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Produktbeschreibung

"A hardcover edition of a selection of short stories by French writer Guy de Maupassant, translated by Marjorie Laurie and originally published in Everyman's Library in 1934. This edition contains a new introduction by Catriona Seth, a bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 129mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780593320211
• ISBN-10: 0593320212
• Artikelnr.: 60982037

Autorenporträt

GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93) was known for his hugely influential short stories and the vivid realism of his novels. He was born in Normandy and served in the Franco-Prussian War, which would become the subject of some of his best-known stories. Maupassant enjoyed financial and critical success before illness led to his death in an asylum at the age of forty-two. CATRIONA SETH is a professor of French literature at Oxford University and a Fellow of All Souls College. She was brought up in Europe and South America and spent most of her working life in France. She is known for her work on French literature and cultural history of the Enlightenment.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology
 
Boule de Suif
The Necklace
Vendetta
Fear
In the Country
His Son
A Deal
Madame Husson’s Rose-King
The House of Madame Tellier
The Hand
Moonlight
Mohammed-Fripouille
Miss Harriet
In the Spring
Madame Parisse
Playing with Fire
Love: Pages from a Sportsman’s Diary
Mademoiselle Fifi
A Duel
St. Anthony
Julie Romain
The Umbrella
Boitelle
The Devil
The Olive Grove
Lost at Sea
The Hostelry
A Portrait
Shali
Idle Beauty
An Encounter
The Horla