Collected Novels of Guy de Maupassant (Bel-Ami + A Life + Pierre and Jean + Strong as Death + Mont Oriol + Notre Coeur) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Paris, Power, and Romantic IllusionsBy Guy de Maupassant
Length51h 47m
About this audiobook
Gathering the six major novels of Guy de Maupassant, this collection charts the moral weather of late nineteenth-century France: provincial disillusion in A Life, journalistic ambition and erotic opportunism in Bel-Ami, hereditary suspicion in Pierre and Jean, and the refined maladies of desire, money, art, and fashionable society in Strong as Death, Mont Oriol, and Notre Coeur. Written in a lucid, economical prose, these works stand at the intersection of realism and naturalism, exposing social performance, bodily appetite, and emotional self-deception with unsentimental precision. Maupassant, born in Normandy in 1850, was formed by the discipline of Flaubert, the shocks of the Franco-Prussian War, and the bustling modernity of Parisian print culture. His experience as a civil servant, journalist, traveler, and observer of bourgeois and aristocratic circles furnished him with the materials for fiction at once intimate and diagnostic. Readers seeking the nineteenth-century novel at its sharpest will find here a master anatomist of vanity, class, sex, and illusion. This collection is indispensable for admirers of French realism and for anyone interested in the modern novel's emergence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length51 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 16, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Collected Novels of Guy de Maupassant (Bel-Ami + A Life + Pierre and Jean + Strong as Death + Mont Oriol + Notre Coeur) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6A Life (pt. 1)
7A Life (pt. 2)
8A Life (pt. 3)
9Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 1)
10Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 2)
11Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 3)
12Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 4)
13Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 5)
14Mont Oriol (pt. 1)
15Mont Oriol (pt. 2)
16Mont Oriol (pt. 3)
17Mont Oriol (pt. 4)
18Mont Oriol (pt. 5)
19Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 1)
20Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 2)
21Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 3)
22Pierre and Jean (pt. 1)
23Pierre and Jean (pt. 2)
24Pierre and Jean (pt. 3)
25Strong as Death
26Part I (pt. 1)
27Part I (pt. 2)
28Part II (pt. 1)
29Part II (pt. 2)
30Analysis
31Reflection
32Memorable Quotes
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