A Day In The Country And Other Stories

Author: Guy de Maupassant

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  • : $22.95 AUD
  • : 9780199555789
  • : Oxford University Press
  • : Oxford University Press
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  • : 0.233
  • : 01 October 2009
  • : 196mm X 129mm X 15mm
  • : 14.95
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  • : Guy de Maupassant
  • : Oxford World's Classics
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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  • : 336
  • : General & literary fiction; Classic fiction; Short stories
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Barcode 9780199555789
9780199555789

Description

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'.

Table of contents

Includes: Out on the River; Family Life; A Farm Girl's Story; Country Living; Riding Out; A Railway Story; Old Milon; A Coup d'Etat; The Christening; Coco; A Coward; The Patron; The Umbrella; The Necklace; Strolling; Bed 29; The Gamekeeper; Mademoiselle P

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