The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5
Une Vie and Other Stories
The fifth volume of this illustrated edition of Maupassant's works, published in New York in 1909 with an introduction by Edmund Gosse, is built around his first novel, Une Vie, here called A Woman's Life, which appeared in 1883. It follows Jeanne, the daughter of a Norman gentleman, from the convent and the family chateau through marriage to the handsome and grasping Julien de Lamare, his infidelities, the birth of a son who will disappoint her, and a long quiet decline that Maupassant records without comment. Seven stories follow: Hautot Senior and Hautot Junior, Little Louise Roque, Mother and Daughter, A Passion, No Quarter, The Impolite Sex and Woman's Wiles. The translators of this edition are not named. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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