The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Vol: 13

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Vol: 13

by Alfred de MussetGolden Deer Classics Guy de Maupassant and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 03/09/2017

Share This eBook:

  $1.99

Contents: 1. Old Goriot, by Honoré Balzac 2. The Devil's Pool, by George Sand 3. The Story of a White Blackbird, by Alfred de Musset 4. "The Siege of Berlin", "The Last Class—The Story of a Little Alsatian", "The Child Spy", "The Game of Billiards", and "The Bad Zouave", by Alphonse Daudet 5. "Walter Schnaffs' Adventure" and "Two Friends", by Guy de Maupassant Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

ISBN:
9782377934560
9782377934560
Category:
Short stories
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
03-09-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oregan Publishing
Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was born in Normandy in 1850. In addition to his six novels, which include Bel-Ami (1885) and Pierre et Jean (1888), he wrote hundreds of short stories, the most famous of which is 'Boule de suif'.

By the late 1870s, he began to develop the first signs of syphilis, and in 1891 he was committed to an asylum in Paris, having tried to commit suicide. He died there two years later.

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet was born in Nimes in 1840. He made his name with gentle stories and novels portraying life in the French provinces, notably Lettres de mon Moulin (1869).

He died in 1897. His extraordinary notebooks detailing the effects of syphilis on his life were first published under the title In the Land of Pain by Daudet's widow in 1931.

The first English translation by Julian Barnes was published by Cape in 2002.

This item is delivered digitally

You can find this item in:

Show more Show less

Reviews

Be the first to review The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Vol: 13.