The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
This volume of an early twentieth-century English edition of Guy de Maupassant's works is built around Pierre et Jean, his short novel of 1888 about two brothers in Le Havre whose lives change when one of them receives an unexpected inheritance and a buried family secret begins to surface. It is preceded by Maupassant's essay on the novel, in which he defends his approach against critics and sets out his ideas on realism. The rest of the book is given to short stories, among them "Moonlight," "The Corsican Bandit," "The Orphan," "The Blind Man," "The Peddler," "A Duel," "An Uncomfortable Bed" and "Boitelle," ranging from comedy to cruelty. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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