A Day in the Country and Other Stories
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A Day in the Country and Other Stories by Guy De Maupassant
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'.
Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant un ecrivain et journaliste litteraire francais ne le 5 aout 1850 au chateau de Miromesnil a Tourville-sur-Arques (Seine-Inferieure) et mort le 6 juillet 1893 a Paris. Lie a Gustave Flaubert et a Emile Zola, de Maupassant a marque la litterature francaise par ses six romans.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192838636 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192838636 |
| Title | A Day in the Country and Other Stories |
| Author | Guy De Maupassant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1998-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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