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The Best Short Stories

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With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed. His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.

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ISBN: 9781853261893
Publication date: 5th February 1997
Author: Guy de Maupassant, Professor Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex) Watts
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 224 pages
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Genres: Classics