Guy de Maupassant
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El amor a la vida y a la juventud, melancólicamente representada por un viejo pintor que anhela volver vivir su amor por la condesa a través de su hija, es la historia que Guy de Maupassant relata en esta novela dura y trágica, que pareciera a simple vista, un relato de un amor malogrado, de esos que hay muchos. Pero no es así. Es el grito desesperado de un pobre viejo por volver a vivir sus años más fulgurantes, donde amó con más ardor y donde las esperanzas colmaban el horizonte sin fin. Es la conciencia de la vejez y la avalancha de eventos que sepultarán en obsolescencia al alguna vez ilustre hombre. Una obra totalmente congruente con la vida de Maupassant, a quien la locura lo acompañó hasta el final de su vida, como en un episodio extraño y demente, cuando uno de sus sirvientes entró en su cuarto espantado después de haber escuchado una detonación de pistola. Maupassant tenía una en la mano y le dijo: «¡Mira soy inmortal!», disparándose en la cien, sin hacerse daño. «¿Ves? ¡Puedo abrirme la garganta y no moriría!». Tomó una daga y se la enterró en el cuello. No murió, pero fue al hospital grave, y nunca se recuperó por completo.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
"Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales" by Guy de Maupassant. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif)
"Boule de Suif" (translated variously as «Dumpling», «Butterball», «Ball of Fat» or «Ball of Lard») is a famous short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled «Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre» («Dumpling and Other Stories of the War»). The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The ten travellers decide, for various reasons, to leave Rouen and flee to Le Havre in a stagecoach. Sharing the carriage are Boule de Suif or «Butterball», a prostitute whose real name is Elisabeth Rousset; the strict Democrat Cornudet; a shop-owning couple from the petty bourgeoisie, M. and Mme. Loiseau; a wealthy upper-bourgeoisie factory-owner and his wife, M. and Mme. Carré-Lamadon; the Comte and Comtesse of Bréville; and two nuns. Thus, the carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society, representing different parts of the French population during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, «Boule de Suif» («Ball of Fat»), is often considered his masterpiece.
Bel-Ami & Other Stories
Bel Ami (The History of a Scoundrel): The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses. The novel is set in Paris in the upper-middle class environment of the leading journalists of the newspaper La Vie Française and their friends. Pierre et Jean – is a naturalist or psycho-realist story, notably so by the subjects on which it treats, including knowledge of one's heredity (whether one is a legitimate son or a bastard), the bourgeoisie, and the problems stemming from money. Notre Coeur (A Woman's Pastime): The novel tells the story of a woman without a heart, frigid and probably a lesbian. The hero, facing this fascinating and awesome being, takes another mistress, who can hardly satisfy him. He is devastated by this passionate love, violent, melancholic and cruel. A Life is a satirical novel about the folly of romantic illusion. The novel tells the story of young Jeanne, full of hope and dreams of love, who discovers the outside world after finishing an education in a convent. She is looking forward to her new life and she is dreaming of the day when she will find the man who loves her. All her expectations are fulfilled, however… Mont Oriol Strong as Death. Guy de Maupassant was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers.
THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Content: An Adventure in Paris The Awakening Crash My Landlady The Horla Our Letters Profitable Business A Fashionable Woman The Donkey A Mother of Monsters A Family Affair The Mad Woman The Bandmaster's Sister The Cripple A Cock Crowed Words of Love Miss Harriet Two Friends Pierrot Countess Satan Mother Sauvage Coward A Duel The Corsican Bandit The Accent Always Lock the Door! Legend of Mont St. Michel The Fishing Hole A Vendetta Madame Hermet The Old Maid Am I Insane? Discovery The Child The Piece of String He? Madame Baptiste Madame Parisse Boule De Suif Magnetism The Christening A Stroll The Mustache Father Matthew Dead Woman's Secret A Father's Confession A Rupture A New Year's Gift Is He Mad? The Debt Mad The Trip of Le Horla The Parrot The Hermit The Dowry The White Lady The Dispenser of Holy Water The Rondoli Sisters Mademoiselle Cocotte The Lancer's Wife A Normandy Joke The Marquis De Fumerol Julie Romain The Model A Parricide Found on a Drowned Man Dreams Saint Anthony The Drunkard What Was Really the Matter with Andrew Regret The Cake My Uncle Sosthenes Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse The Inn The Test The Carter's Wench The Man with the Dogs The Diamond Necklace Ghosts Mother and Son Rose Sundays of a Bourgeois The Sequel to a Divorce The Farmer's Wife The Mountebanks The Dead Girl The Maison Tellier Monsieur Parent Julot's Opinion Mademoiselle Coco…
