A Day In The Country And Other Stories [EPUB]

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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'

E-Book Information

  • Series: Oxford World's Classics

  • Year: 1,990

  • City: New York, France, Oxford, France

  • Pages: 312

  • Language: English, French

  • Identifier: 0-19-283863-6,9780192838636,9780192826428,0192826425

  • Org File Size: 2,241,365

  • Extension: epub

  • Tags: Maupassant, Guy de, -- 1850-1893 -- Translations into English. France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Maupassant, Guy de, -- 1850-1893. Manners and customs. France. Short stories in French, 1848-1900 - English texts French fiction -- Short stories

  • Toc: Content: Out on the river --Simon's dad --Family life --A farm girl's story --A day in the country --Marroca --Country living --Riding out --A railway story --Old Milon --Our chum Patience --A coup d'état --The christening --Coco --A coward --The patron --The umbrella --The necklace --Strolling --Bed 29 --The gamekeeper --The little Roque girl --Mademoiselle Pearl --Rosalie Prudent --Our spot --Clochette --Le Horla.

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