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Moonlight (Hardcover)
Siân Miles; Guy De Maupassant
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions
of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest
writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. Often described as the father of the
modern short story, there is perhaps no other writer more closely
associated with the form than Guy de Maupassant. Included here is
his most famous story, 'Boule de Suif', as well as tales of love,
such as the brilliant 'Happiness', and the supernatural, like the
chilling 'The Horla'.
New edition features seven of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant's intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.
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Selected Stories (Hardcover)
Guy De Maupassant; Translated by Marjorie Laurie; Introduction by Catriona Seth
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During his most productive decade, the 1880s, Maupassant wrote more
than 300 stories, including 'Boule de Suif', 'The Necklace', 'The
House of Madame Tellier', 'The Hand', 'The Horla' and 'Mademoiselle
Fifi'. Marked by the psychological realism that he famously
pioneered, the tales in this selection lead us on a tour of the
human experience-lust and love, revenge and ridicule, terror and
madness. Many take place in the author's native Normandy, but the
settings range farther abroad as well, from Brittany and Paris to
Corsica and the Mediterranean coast, and even to North Africa and
India. Maupassant's remarkable range and ability to evoke an entire
world in a few pages have ensured that his fiction has retained its
power to entertain through generations of readers. Marjorie
Laurie's accomplished translations from the 1920s have similarly
stood the test of time.
'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.
First published in 1952 as the third edition of a 1945 original,
this book contains the French text of 20 contes by Maupassant. The
stories are prefaced by a biographical and critical introduction by
Professor Green, in which he deals with the history of the conte in
French literature. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in Maupassant or French prose writing more generally.
Originally published in 1914, this book was produced as part of the
Cambridge Modern French series, which aimed to provide teachers
with notable French texts and exercises for use during lessons. Six
stories by Maupassant are included, with exercises and a glossary
at the end of the text. This book will be of value to anyone with
an interest in French literature and the history of education.
Accompanying the text are essays, letters and newspaper articles on
the subjects that influenced Maupassant's writing, and critical
assessments from his time to our own, along with a chronology and
bibliography.
A selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in
the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Introducing
Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little
Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin
Classics, with books from around the world and across many
centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London
to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to
16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories
lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and
inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893). Maupassant's works available in
Penguin Classics are A Parisian Affair and Other Stories, Bel-Ami
and Pierre and Jean.
Widely considered to be the greatest short story writer in all of
French literature, Guy de Maupassant helped define the modern short
story, deeply influencing the likes of Chekhov, Maugham, Babel and
O. Henry. Yet despite his mastery of the form, existing English
translations render his prose in an archaic style. Convinced that
this protege of Flaubert deserved to be modernised in the same way
that Lydia Davis had brought Madame Bovary to life, Sandra Smith
selected twenty-eight classic Maupassant short stories, written
between 1880 and 1890, including "Le Horla" and "Boule de Suif".
Divided thematically into tales of French life, war and the
supernatural, The Necklace and Other Stories promises to
reintroduce Maupassant to twenty-first-century readers.
A priest receives an unexpected visitor from his past. A triumphant
celebration ends in murder. A doctor tells of an unrequited love
that only ended with death. Maupassant's direct treatment of sex
and sexuality, and his insistence that the artist's primary duty
was faithfulness to his own perceptions, made his work a challenge
to many of his nineteenth-century English readers, but in Henry
James's view, his vision was, 'altogether of this life'. His
stories may have mystified contemporary moralists, but he was
championed by writers who admired his resistance to self-censorship
and applauded the economy of his style. In this new selection of
his best stories, the sensitive and faithful translations of Ada
Galsworthy and Elsie Martindale Hueffer show why writers like
Conrad (whose preface is included) and Ford Madox Ford revered
Maupassant's work.
This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his
comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title
story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The
Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality
that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness.
All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his
ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human
condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in the annals of
story-telling, Maupassant stands `like a lion in the path'. 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.
A short story collection by one of the most highly acclaimed short
story writers in literary history, this book contains five horror
stories that will inspire both fear and wonder in the hearts and
minds of readers. Guy de Maupassant's beautiful language and
intense narrative pace, when combined with his powerful
imagination, masterfully blend terror and fantasy to create
page-turning prose. Included in this collection are the short
stories "Fear," "Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse," and "Who Knows?"
"Una coleccion de cuentos por uno de los mas aclamados escritores
de cuentos de la historia de la literatura, este libro contiene
cinco relatos terrorificos que inspiraran tanto miedo como asombro
en el corazon y en la mente del lector. El hermoso lenguaje y el
intenso ritmo narrativo de Guy de Maupassant, cuando son combinados
con su poderosa imaginacion, magistralmente mezclan el horror con
la fantasia para crear una prosa fascinante y memorable. Incluidos
en esta coleccion estan los relatos """El miedo,"" ""Junto a un
cadaver"" y ""Quien sabe.""
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ The Normandy Edition Of The Works Of Guy De Maupassant: Mont
Oriol, Walter Schnaff's Adventure, And Other Stories; Volume 9 Of
The Normandy Edition Of The Works Of Guy De Maupassant; Guy De
Maupassant Guy de Maupassant, Louise Charlotte Garstin Quesada A.
E. Henderson P. F. Collier, 1911
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