La Parure

by Guy de Maupassant

Overview

This collection lets readers rediscover the Parisian tales of Maupassant. He describes the metamorphoses of the capital in the 1880s and 1890s and brings the world of employees into literature. Marie-Claire Bancquart analyzes the influence of the chronicle and reportage on Maupassant's writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782013971744
Publisher:	Livre de Poche Jeunesse
Publication date:	09/21/2016
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	634 KB
Age Range:	11 Years
Language:	French

About the Author

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a prolific French writer best remembered as a master of the short story and a father of the genre. He delighted in clever plotting and served as a model for later short story practitioners through favorites such as "The Necklace," "The Horla," "The False Gems," and "Useless Beauty." Maupassant wrote some 300 short stories, as well as six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse.

Editorial Reviews

Review - French Ce recueil propose au lecteur de redecouvrir les contes parisiens de Maupassant. Il y decrit les metamorphoses de la capitale et de ses habitants dans les annees 1880-1890. Si nous retrouvons quelques types traditionnels comme celui de la mondaine ou du grand bourgeois, le Paris de Maupassant est avant tout celui des classes nouvelles. Il ne s'interesse pas, comme Zola, aux ouvriers et aux artisans. Mais il fait entrer en litterature le monde des employes, dont les comptes minutieux sont egraines au fil des pages. Si la fortune leur sourit, ils se transforment alors en parvenus et participent a la comedie sociale d'une ville regie par l'argent et les apparences. Marie-Claire Bancquart analyse l'influence de la chronique et du reportage sur l'ecriture de Maupassant.

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