Guy de Maupassant
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Ranging from poignant scrutiny of social pretension, to wicked tales of lust and love, to harrowing stories of terror and madness, the genius of Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short-story writer, is on full display in this enthralling new translation by Joachim Neugroschel. The stories Neugroschel has gathered vividly reveal Maupassant's remarkable range, his keen eye, his technical perfection, his sexual realism, his ability to create whole...
Author
Publisher
Black's Readers Service
Pub. Date
[1970?]
Language
English
Description
For days and days, nights and nights, I had dreamed of that first kiss which was to consecrate our engagement, and I knew not on what spot I should put my lips. Not on her forehead, that was accustomed to family caresses, nor on her light hair, which mercenary hands had dressed, nor on her eyes, whose curling lashes looked like little wings, because that would have made me think of the farewell caress which closes the eyelids of some dead woman whom...
7) Bel ami
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise to power of Georges Duroy in late-nineteenth-century Paris as he manipulates influential women to gain position in high society.
Series
Criterion collection volume 308
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Paul, a young idealistic would-be intellectual, struggles to forge a relationship with incipient pop star Madeleine in 1960s Paris.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
"These fourteen tales, plays and poems, gleaned from cultures around the world, range from comic to deathly serious, from New England reserve to Gallic passion. This volume of late-night listening is a witch's brew of readings and dramatizations seasoned tastefully with music and sound effects." --container.
Series
Publisher
Editorial Alma
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"Existen pocas fiestas tan populares como la Navidad, cuyas tradiciones más arraigadas, como cantar villancicos o hacerse regalos, datan de la época victoriana. A la estela del famoso "Cuento de Navidad" de Charles Dickens eclosionó todo un subjénero literario, y numerosos autores de lenguas y géneros distintos, entre ellos Hans Christian Andersen, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Riddell, Artuhur Conan Doyle o Emilia Pardo Bazán, se inspiraron...
13) 23 great stories
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Collects twenty-three classic short stories, including works from Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, R.K. Narayan, Anton Chekhov, and Flannery O'Connor.