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“The Devil” is Guy de Maupassant’s well-known short story that reveals the devil’s insidious presence in everyday life—in this case, in the death of a farmer’s mother. -The language of over one hundred years ago has been modernized. -End notes, interpretation, and discussion...

This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social disgrace by trying to secure a legal separation...

Guy de Maupassant is a well-known French writer. His novel “Life” is called as one of the best book in the French literature. Guy de Maupassant is a realist. In his stories there is a detailed description of people’s mode of life. The story “A Family” is about the meeting of two best friends....

Guy de Maupassant, junto a Hoffmann y Poe, está considerado por la crítica mundial como uno de los tres grandes genios del siglo XIX del relato corto. De entre los relatos dados a la luz por Maupassant, a menudo se ha opuesto la vena fantástica a la puramente realista, sugiriendo que la primera...

«Bola de Sebo» es el título del cuento que encumbró al autor francés Guy de Maupassant, quien emplea una sutil ironía para relatar su historia.

Inquietante, angustioso, sobrenatural, misterioso y demente. Sin lugar a dudas, uno de los mejores relatos de Guy de Maupassant. A modo de diario íntimo, somos testigos del progresivo delirio del protagonista. ¿Qué o quién es el Horla? Una criatura invisible que lo atormenta y lo persigue...

Unos de los relatos más famosos de Guy de Maupassant traducidos en castellano Esta edición incluye los relatos siguientes: • El Ultromo • La mano disecada • Carta de un loco • ¿Quién sabe? • La adormecedora • El diablo • Las sepulcrales • Idilio • La belleza estéril •...

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À la feuille de rose, maison turque est une pièce de théâtre de Guy de Maupassant créée en 1875, et non destinée à la publication de son vivant. Elle le fut en 19451 et a fait l'objet d'une adaptation télévisuelle de Michel Boisrond. Depuis 1945, elle a été rééditée plusieurs fois et jouée au théâtre en France et en Belgique.

The first novel by Guy New York, The Island on the Edge of Normal, follows James from New York City to the coast of Maine where he struggles to forget his past by destroying his memories one page at a time. As he settles into his new life, he finds himself falling in love with Issa, the married women...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Sheilah McLeod - A Heroine of the Back Blocks. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

"It amused her so much to feel them gradually conquered, dominated by her invincible power as a woman, to become for them the Unique, and Sovereign Idol!" Guy De Maupassant, protégé of Gustave Flaubert, is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and a master novelist. The...

“Life is a slope. As long as you’re going up you’re looking towards the top and feel happy; but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It’s slow going up but quick going down…” Guy De Maupassant, a protégé of Gustave Flaubert,...