A Parisian Affair
'Nowhere could she discover the dens of iniquity about which she had dreamed...' A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.
Sparkling, darkly humorous tales of high society, playboys, courtesans, peasants, sex and savagery in nineteenth-century France, from the father of the short story.
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May 31, 2016GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93) was known for his hugely influential short stories and the vivid realism of his novels. He was born in Normandy and served in the Franco-Prussian War, which would become the subject of some of his best-known stories. Maupassant enjoyed financial and critical success before illness led to his death in an asylum at the age of forty-two.
Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant; Translated by Marjorie Laurie and Brian Rhys; Introduction byCatriona Seth
A Parisian Affair
Guy de Maupassant
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
Guy de Maupassant; Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Sian Miles
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassant; Translated with an Introduction by Douglas Parmée
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