Maupassant: A Lion In The Path
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor edge wear and slight chipping. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and intact. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact and secure.
Maupassant: A Lion in the Path is a richly researched literary biography that chronicles the turbulent life and brilliant career of Guy de Maupassant, one of the nineteenth century's greatest French short story writers. Francis Steegmuller presents an authoritative account of Maupassant's meteoric rise from obscure Norman origins to the heights of Parisian literary celebrity, illuminating his complex relationships with mentors such as Gustave Flaubert. The narrative uncovers the dark undercurrents of Maupassant's existence — his relentless productivity, his dissolute personal life, and his eventual descent into madness brought on by syphilis — with unflinching clarity and elegance. Written with the scholarly precision and stylistic grace for which Steegmuller was renowned, this biography stands as an essential portrait of a literary genius consumed by his own appetites and ambitions.
Author: Francis Steegmuller
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor edge wear and slight chipping. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and intact. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact and secure.
Maupassant: A Lion in the Path is a richly researched literary biography that chronicles the turbulent life and brilliant career of Guy de Maupassant, one of the nineteenth century's greatest French short story writers. Francis Steegmuller presents an authoritative account of Maupassant's meteoric rise from obscure Norman origins to the heights of Parisian literary celebrity, illuminating his complex relationships with mentors such as Gustave Flaubert. The narrative uncovers the dark undercurrents of Maupassant's existence — his relentless productivity, his dissolute personal life, and his eventual descent into madness brought on by syphilis — with unflinching clarity and elegance. Written with the scholarly precision and stylistic grace for which Steegmuller was renowned, this biography stands as an essential portrait of a literary genius consumed by his own appetites and ambitions.