Search Results for: “Guy Maupassant”

Author: Stephen CoulterBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDamned Shall Be Desire: The Passionate Life Of Guy De Maupassant chronicles the tumultuous existence of one of...

A new selection and translation of the best of de Maupassant's short stories Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural...

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew writers have captured the raw, unvarnished truth of human nature with the precision and economy of Guy...

Author: Guy De MaupassantBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection, Masterpieces Of Maupassant: Une Vie And Short Stories, presents the profound literary contributions of Guy de Maupassant,...

For Maupassant, existence is what happens to us between two events which we cannot avoid: birth and death. The space between is filled with a compulsory programme of rituals which...

Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success...

Maupassant's story of a man whose ideals are corrupted by the world Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as...

Author: Guy De MaupassantBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Blue cloth in good condition....

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Author: Guy De Maupassant; trans by Marjorie LaurieBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerBel-Ami presents a...

Introduction and Notes by James Fowler, Senior Lecturer in French, University of Kent. The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of...

Author: Guy de MaupassantBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection features a comprehensive selection of Guy de Maupassant's short stories, showcasing his mastery in...

A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat do Charles Baudelaire, Jules de Goncourt, Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Alphonse Daudet have in common beyond their literary genius? According to...

The best of nineteenth-century 'fantastic' literature From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs...

A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience...

Tales from the classic era of ghost stories, one of the most popular and enduring fiction categories. A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R. James,...

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges to the mighty Mississippi-the rivers of the world wind through this glorious anthology from the world's great writers. Rivers and streams play...

The luxurious volume En Passant par la Demeure is a vivid photographic tour of the noted French interior designer Jean-Loup Daraux's country home. Located in the south of France, in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew literary figures of the twentieth century embody the collision between artistic genius and political tyranny as profoundly as Boris Pasternak — poet, novelist,...