The necklace and other stories : Maupassant for modern times
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-18932016
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Place reservation for The necklace and other stories : Maupassant for modern timesWidely considered to be the greatest short story writer in all of French literature, Guy de Maupassant helped define the modern short story, deeply influencing the likes of Chekhov, Maugham, Babel, and O. Henry. Yet despite his mastery of the form, existing English translations continue to render his prose in an archaic, nineteenth-century style. Convinced that this Parisian civil servant and protege of Flaubert deserved to be modernised in the same way that Lydia Davis had brought Madame Bovary to coruscating life, Sandra Smith selected twenty-eight classic Maupassant short stories, including 'The Nacklace,' his devastating depiction of aspiration and ruin, as well as two novellas, 'Le Horla' and 'Boule de Suif,' widely considered his masterpiece.
Main title:
The necklace and other stories : Maupassant for modern times / Guy de Maupassant ; translated by Sandra Smith.
Imprint:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016.
Collation:
352 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781631491894 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1653141
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