Binding: Paperback
Description: Set in the Paris of society women prostitutes and small - minded bourgeousie and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child the thirty - three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth - century literature. They focus on the relationships between men and women as in the poignant fantasy of A Parisian Affair' 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. Maupassant's stories repeatedly lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty.
Title: A Parisian Affair And Other Stories
Author(s): De Maupassant Guy
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140448122
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/28/2004
Category: Short Stories