The Best Short Stories

The Best Short Stories (Guy de Maupassant)
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The Best Short Stories (Guy de Maupassant)
Wordsworth
de Maupassant Guy
1996-03-03
224
paperback
Published: 1996-03-03
Pages: 224
Paperback
9781853261893
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This title is presented with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed. His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.
Author
de Maupassant Guy
Published
1996-03-03
Pages
224
Cover
paperback

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