Guy de Maupassant

Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

'It was raining as it only rains in Normandy, as though great gouts of water were being sprayed by some angry, giant hand.' Maupassant believed that we delude ourselves into believing that we are not animals acting upon instinct but rational creatures capable of idealistic beliefs and actions and survive only on the drug of self-deception. Maupassant's disgust with creation was only equalled by his contempt for human hypocrisy, and in these tales he takes a scalpel to our illusions and cuts to the bone. But his clinical pessimism is redeemed by a sense of the absurd and a warmer compassion for 'humanity bleeding'. Unsentimental but always honest, he persuades us that life is an incomprehensible, cosmic farce. This translation of twenty tales shows Maupassant at his bitter, bawdy, chilling best. It features some of his grimmest and most famous stories such as A Vendetta and The Grove of Olives, and it also reflects both his moods and his mastery of the short story. The Little Keg is rich in comic invention, while the disturbing Who Can Tell? draws its power from the strange forces which drove its author into madness. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198884965
• Artikelnr.: 70067234

Autorenporträt

David Coward writes widely on the history, literature, and culture of France. A regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, and national newspapers, he won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Translation in 1996. He is the author of A History of French Literature (2002), and for Oxford World's Classics has translated and edited works by Dumas, Diderot, Sade, and Beaumarchais.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology of Guy de Maupassant
Shepherd's Leap
Mademoiselle Fifi
Call it Madness?
Two Friends
At Sea
The Tribulations of Walter Schnaffs
Miss Harriet
A Duel
A Vendetta
The Model
Mother Savage
The Little Keg
The Dowry
The Bequest
Monsieur Parent
The Business of Latin
Madame Husson's May King
Hautot and Son
The Grove of Olives
Who Can Tell?
Explanatory Notes