The Complete Works of Guy De Maupassant (A Bilingual Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Short Stories, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Memoirs & Literary Essays on MaupassantBy Guy de Maupassant
Length232h 37m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant (A Bilingual Edition) gathers the fiction of one of the nineteenth century's most incisive observers of human behavior, presenting his celebrated tales, longer narratives, and novels in a form attentive to both language and meaning. Maupassant's prose is economical, lucid, and unsentimental, yet charged with irony, psychological precision, and sudden moral revelation. Situated between French realism and naturalism, his work exposes bourgeois hypocrisy, rural hardship, desire, fear, war, and social ambition with remarkable narrative compression. Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), shaped by Normandy, the Franco-Prussian War, and the literary mentorship of Gustave Flaubert, transformed lived experience into art of exceptional clarity. His career unfolded amid the intellectual ferment of late nineteenth-century France, where questions of class, sexuality, science, and determinism pressed upon literature. Personal illness and mental anguish also darkened his imagination, lending urgency to his studies of obsession, isolation, and the fragility of reason. This bilingual edition is highly recommended for students, scholars, and general readers who wish to encounter Maupassant in both translation and original French. It offers not only literary pleasure but also a rigorous entry into modern short fiction's foundations.
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.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length232 hrs 37 mins
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Publish dateDec 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of Guy De Maupassant (A Bilingual Edition) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Introduction to the Works of Guy de Maupassant by Leo Tolstoy
7Novels:
8A Life (pt. 1)
9A Life (pt. 2)
10A Life (pt. 3)
11Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 1)
12Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 2)
13Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 3)
14Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 4)
15Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel) (pt. 5)
16Mont Oriol (pt. 1)
17Mont Oriol (pt. 2)
18Mont Oriol (pt. 3)
19Mont Oriol (pt. 4)
20Mont Oriol (pt. 5)
21Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 1)
22Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 2)
23Notre Coeur – A Woman’s Pastime (pt. 3)
24Pierre and Jean (pt. 1)
25Pierre and Jean (pt. 2)
26Pierre and Jean (pt. 3)
27Strong as Death (pt. 1)
28Strong as Death (pt. 2)
29Strong as Death (pt. 3)
30Strong as Death (pt. 4)
31Novellas and Short Stories
32SIMON’S PAPA
33TWO FRIENDS
34FATHER MILON
35A COUP D’ETAT
36MADEMOISELLE FIFI
37A DUEL
38THE MAISON TELLIER
39IN THE SPRING
40MADAME BAPTISTE
41THE QUESTION OF LATIN
42INDISCRETION
43THE CAKE
44CHÂLI
45A FAMILY AFFAIR
46BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER’S CORPSE
47MISS HARRIET
48LITTLE LOUISE ROQUE
49THE DONKEY
50THE PATRON
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