The Best Short Stories Paperback / softback
by Guy de Maupassant
Part of the Wordsworth Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Publication Date:05/02/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9781853261893
Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Publication Date:05/02/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9781853261893
