A Parisian Affair And Other Stories
by Maupassant, Guy de (Author); Miles, Sian (Translator); Miles, Sian (Introduction by)Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2004-12-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature. They focus on the relationships between men and women, as in the poignant fantasy of 'A Parisian Affair', between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. Through these relationships, Maupassant explores the dualistic nature of the human character and his stories reveal both nobility, civility and generosity, and, in stories such as 'At Sea' and 'Boule de Suif', vanity, greed and hypocrisy. Maupassant's stories repeatedly lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty.
Author Biography
Guy de Maupassant (1850-û1893) was a literary disciple of Flaubert and one of the group of young naturalistic writers that formed around Zola. In addition to short stories, he wrote six novels.
Si+ón Miles teaches at Warwick University and has translated works by George Sand and Paul Val+¬ry.
Si+ón Miles teaches at Warwick University and has translated works by George Sand and Paul Val+¬ry.
Table of Contents
| Boule de Suif | p. 1 |
| A Parisian affair | p. 41 |
| A woman's confession | p. 49 |
| Cock crow | p. 54 |
| Moonlight | p. 59 |
| At sea | p. 64 |
| A million | p. 69 |
| Femme fatale | p. 75 |
| Monsieur Jocaste | p. 93 |
| Two friends | p. 98 |
| Awakening | p. 105 |
| The jewels | p. 111 |
| Train story | p. 119 |
| Regret | p. 126 |
| Minor tragedy | p. 132 |
| The christening | p. 138 |
| Coward | p. 143 |
| Rose | p. 151 |
| Idyll | p. 157 |
| Mother Sauvage | p. 162 |
| Madame Husson's rose king | p. 170 |
| Encounter | p. 187 |
| Happiness | p. 196 |
| A bit of the other | p. 203 |
| Love | p. 210 |
| Hautot & son | p. 216 |
| New year's gift | p. 229 |
| The Horla | p. 236 |
| Duchoux | p. 245 |
| The lull-a-bye | p. 252 |
| Mother of invention | p. 262 |
| Who knows? | p. 275 |
| Laid to rest | p. 288 |
| The necklace | p. 296 |
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