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  • Bel-ami

    by Guy Maupassant ...
    Translated by Douglas Parmee ...
    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 of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Guy de Maupassant: Complete Works

    Enriched edition.

    by Guy de Maupassant, Alec Turner ...
    In "Guy de Maupassant: Complete Works," readers are presented with an extensive collection of the author's literary genius, encapsulating his mastery in short stories, novels, and narratives that reflect the complexities of 19th-century French society. Maupassant's prose is known for its realism, sharp psychological insight, and innovative narrative techniques, showcasing not only the personal ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works: Short Stories, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Memoirs and more

    Exploring the Depth of Human Nature in 19th Century France

    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    Guy de Maupassant's "The Complete Works: Short Stories, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Memoirs and more" stands as a definitive anthology, encapsulating the breadth of his literary genius. Within its pages, readers will encounter Maupassant's masterful narratives that often explore the intricacies of human emotion and the societal mores of 19th-century France. His sharp, naturalistic style is marked by a ... Read more

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  • The Question Of Latin

    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    Translated by A. E. Henderson ...
    Series series World Classics
    "The Question of Latin" follows the narrator and his memories of the olden days, when Father Piquedent used to teach him Latin. The two become friends, but soon the teacher reveals that he is not good at anything else but teaching Latin, and thus he is having financial problems. The narrator has to think of a way to help his teacher and get him out of this predicament. A tale that explores the ... Read more

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  • Short Stories

    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt." These words of Maupassant to Jose Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, ... Read more

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  • Secrets and Scandals - an Historical Romance Collection

    boxed set two of The Lady's Guide to Love series

    by Emmanuelle de Maupassant ...
    Series series The Lady's Guide to Love
    Four gripping historical romance novels, filled with excitement, family secrets, steamy bedroom scenes and breathtaking love stories.Fall under the spell of a dark Highlander, thrill to forbidden kisses on windswept Dartmoor, and surrender to a mysterious count in the wild Carpathians.Experience intrigue and passion as you follow the adventures of Flora, Rosamund, Sofia and Genevieve.Be prepared ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Essential Novelists - Guy De Maupassant

    aspects of french life

    by Guy de Maupassant, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 44 - Essential Novelists
    Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Guy de Maupassant which are Pierre and Jean and Bel Ami. Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, ... Read more

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  • Pierre and Jean

    by Guy Maupassant ...
    The fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house of their parents, to declare that an old family friend has bequeathed his entire fortune to Jean, this envy rapidly becomes an all-consuming force. Despising himself for the hate that he feels, Pierre roams the seaport of Le Havre alone, desperate to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Necklace and Other Tales

    Translated by Joachim Neugroschel ...
    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    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 ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Mother Of Monsters

    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    Translated by A. E. Henderson ...
    'A Mother of Monsters' is a dark and disturbing story.The narrator is visiting his friend, and they walk along the seafront. As their conversation continues, the friend tells him of the eponymous mother, and they decide to visit her.What they are met with is both horrific and tragic and can be read as a commentary on the plight of the lower classes. Maupassant's concise and simple style only ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Laird Who Loved Me

    a boxed set of Scottish Highland romances

    by Emmanuelle de Maupassant ...
    Series series The Lady's Guide to Love
    Devour this collection of three exciting historical romances, set over Christmas and New Year.Protective Highlander heroesWild and windswept Scottish landscapesForbidding castles filled with secretsA trilogy of daring adventure, thrilling romance, and swoon-worthy passion, this set contains:The Lady’s Guide to a Highlander’s Heart: When Flora Dalreagh’s father is cruelly murdered, she flees the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alien Hearts

    Translated by Richard Howard, Richard Howard ...
    by Guy de Maupassant ...
    Alien Hearts was the last book that Guy de Maupassant finished before his death at the early age of forty-three. It is the most original and psychologically penetrating of his several novels, and the one in which he attains a truly tragic perception of the wounded human heart. André Mariolle is a rich, handsome, gifted young man who cannot settle on what to do with himself. Madame de Burne, a ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD