Mademoiselle Fifi and Others by Guy de Maupassant, Fiction, Classics, Short Stories - Hardcover

De Maupassant, Guy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159224856X ISBN 13: 9781592248568

Verlag: Borgo Press, 2002

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Reseña del editor:

Guy de Maupassant was a literary acolyte of Gustave Flaubert. Through Flaubert, de Maupassant befriended the Russian novelist Tourgueneff and Emilie Zola, as well as many of the protagonists of the realistic school. In 1880 he published his first masterpiece, "Boule de Suif," which met with an instant and tremendous success. Flaubert characterized it as "a masterpiece that will remain." With good cause -- de Maupassant's tales, whether they're tales of war and brutality like "Mademoiselle Fifi" and "Boule de Suif" or tales of the human heart like "Yvette," speak to a window in the human soul that few can see, and fewer still can speak to. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

Biografía del autor:

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat", 1880), is often considered his masterpiece.

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• Verlag: Borgo Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 159224856X
• ISBN 13: 9781592248568
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168