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Apr 26, 2012 · Guy de Maupassant. Publication date. 1990. Topics. Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 -- Translations into English, France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Publisher. Oxford University Press. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
by Anton Chekhov. BETWEEN eight and nine o'clock in the morning. A dark leaden-coloured mass is creeping over the sky towards the sun. Red zigzags of lightning gleam here and there across it. There is a sound of far-away rumbling. A warm wind frolics over the grass, bends the trees, and stirs up the dust. In a minute there will be a spurt of ...
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.
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Guy de Maupassant. Oxford University Press, 1998 - Fiction - 312 pages. This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best.
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In these stories of Indian life in Trinidad in the 1940s and 50s, Ismith Khan brings to vivid life the morning smells of eggplant frying in coconut oil, and herrings baking in the embers of the earthen fireplace; childhoods such as Pooran's, who has to make his way between the poetic mythology of the pundit and the cold, rationalistic ...
Sep 28, 2009 · David Coward. Follow. Guy de Maupassant. Follow. A Day in the Country and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback – September 28, 2009. by Guy de Maupassant (Author), David Coward (Author) 4.5 28 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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A Day in the Country and Other Stories. Guy de Maupassant, David Coward (Translator) 3.87. 289 ratings28 reviews. In addition to the poignant title story, this selection of 27 comic and cruel stories includes The Necklace and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness.
