A Parisian Affair and Other Stories

by Guy de Maupassant

Book Overview

Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature. They focus on the relationships between men and women, as in the poignant fantasy of 'A Parisian Affair', between brothers and sisters, and between masters and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0072708KQ
• ISBN13: 9780140448122
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher