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Alien Hearts was the last book that Guy de Maupassant finished before his death at the early age of forty-three. It is the most original and psychologically penetrating of his several novels, and the one in which he attains a truly tragic perception of the wounded human heart... Read Full Overview

Notre coeur

Mich le de Burne, une femme du monde, froide et sans coeur, frigide ou lesbienne peut- tre, comme Maupassant en a connu, qui se livre ici plus que dans aucun de ses romans. Le h ros, face cet tre fascinant et redoutable, prend une autre ma tresse, qui ne lui suffit gu re... Read Full Overview

Guy de Maupassant: Unser Herz Notre Coeur. Vorabdruck in der Revue des Deux-Mondes Mai/Juni 1889, als Buch 1890. Hier in der bersetzung von Georg von Ompteda. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage... Read Full Overview

"By nature independent, gay, even exuberant, seductively responsive and given to those spontaneous sallies that sparkle in the conversation of certain daughters of Paris who seem to have inhaled since childhood the pungent breath of the boulevards laden with the nightly laughter... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Notre Coeur or a Woman's Pastime by Guy de Maupassant

In 'Notre Coeur - A Woman's Pastime, ' Guy de Maupassant weaves a poignant narrative that explores the complexities of love and desire through the lens of societal norms and individual yearnings in late 19th-century France. The novella exemplifies Maupassant's celebrated literary... Read Full Overview

In "Notre Coeur - A Woman's Pastime," Guy de Maupassant intricately weaves a narrative that explores the complexities of love, desire, and societal expectations through the lens of gender. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, the text showcases Maupassant's signature... Read Full Overview

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), n Paris, est un crivain fran ais. Li Gustave Flaubert et mile Zola, il a marqu la litt rature fran aise par ses six romans, dont Une Vie en 1883, Bel Ami en 1885, Pierre et Jean en 1887-1888, mais surtout par ses nouvelles (plus de 300),... Read Full Overview

"Notre Coeur" de Guy de Maupassant. Ecrivain fran?ais (1850-1893).

Notre Coeur, by Guy de Maupassant, is a poignant exploration of love and society in late 19th-century Paris. The novel delves into the life of Mich le de Burne, a wealthy and independent woman who finds herself torn between societal expectations and her own desires... Read Full Overview

Andr Mariolle est pr sent par son ami et musicien Massival la tr s belle et coquette Michelle de Burne. Il en tombe perdument amoureux. Il va alors vivre une passion d vorante et tortur e. Ce roman est une critique de l'aspect superficiel et go ste des femmes mondaines... Read Full Overview

Le roman raconte l'histoire d'une femme du monde, froide et sans coeur, frigide ou lesbienne peut- tre, comme Maupassant en a connu, qui se livre ici plus que dans aucun de ses romans. Le h ros, face cet tre fascinant et redoutable, prend une autre ma tresse, qui ne lui suffit... Read Full Overview