Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works (Norton Critical Editions)

Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works (Norton Critical Editions)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780393523102
ISBN-13 : 0393523101
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Download or read book Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works (Norton Critical Editions) written by Guy de Maupassant and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Smith successfully captures Maupassant’s depiction of nineteenth-century French culture using terminology that allows these wonderful texts to reach a fresh generation of readers. A solid translation of some wonderful short stories.” —Library Journal The Norton Critical Edition includes: - Thirty of Maupassant’s best short stories centering on war, the supernatural, and French life, translated by Sandra Smith. - An introduction and explanatory footnotes by Robert Lethbridge. - Essays, letters, and newspaper articles on the subjects that influenced Maupassant’s writing, including politics, war, love, despair, and the supernatural. - Sixteen critical assessments from Maupassant’s time to our own, including those by Joseph Conrad, David Coward, Mary Donaldson-Evans, Rachel Killick, Roger L. Williams, Ruth A. Hottell, and Katherine C. Kurk. - A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.


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