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The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8): Boule de Suif and Other Stories

By Guy de Maupassant

2020-06-24 21:23:30

FROM THE INTRODUCTION........ A story of Maupassant, more than almost anything in the world, gives you the impression of manual dexterity. It is adequately thought out, but it does not impress you by its thought; it is clearly seen, but it does not i ... Read more
FROM THE INTRODUCTION........ A story of Maupassant, more than almost anything in the world, gives you the impression of manual dexterity. It is adequately thought out, but it does not impress you by its thought; it is clearly seen, but it does not impress you specially by the fidelity of its detail; it has just enough of ordinary human feeling for the limits it has imposed on itself. What impresses you is the extreme ingenuity of its handling; the way in which this juggler keeps his billiard-balls harmoniously rising and falling in the air. Often, indeed, you cannot help noticing the conscious smile which precedes the trick, and the confident bow which concludes it. He does not let you into the secret of the trick, but he prevents you from ignoring that it is, after all, only a trick which you have been watching. Less

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File size331.151 KB
Print pages354
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1908756253
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Guy de Maupassant
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school,...

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