The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Guy de Maupassant: Volume 3-Including One Novella 'The Heritage' and Thirty-Six Short Stories of the S

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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Guy de Maupassant: Volume 3-Including One Novella 'The Heritage' and Thirty-Six Short Stories of the S
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Guy de Maupassant: Volume 3-Including One Novella 'The Heritage' and Thirty-Six Short Stories of the S - Paperback

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Guy de Maupassant: Volume 3-Including One Novella 'The Heritage' and Thirty-Six Short Stories of the S - Paperback

by Guy de Maupassant , Guy De Maupassant
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The final volume of this special Leonaur collection

If the genre of supernatural fiction were a windowless corridor there would be those authors who stood at the light of the door only to peep playfully within and those who ventured farther along it to where the light was dimmer and the fear more palpable. Inevitably, in this analogy, there would be those who occupied a place far from the light where the darkness was almost complete. There, perhaps, one would find the work of Guy de Maupassant. It is a place uncomfortable to occupy and, for some, to visit. It is difficult to know how much of the deep disturbance of the troubled and driven characters within these often erotic stories comes from the author's interest in psychology and how much inspiration came from his own proclivities. Certainly his self-penned epitaph 'I have coveted everything and enjoyed nothing, ' is revealing. In 1892 ravaged by syphilis, wracked by obsessions and paranoia the author attempted suicide by cutting his own throat. He was committed to a private asylum and died the following year. He was 42 years old. Guy de Maupassant is recognised as a giant of nineteenth century French literature, a protégé of Flaubert, an inspiration to H. P Lovecraft, among others, and an acknowledged master of the short story-a form in which he was very prolific. Indeed, this special Leonaur three volume collection of his excursions into the supernatural and strange contains almost 140 stories. De Maupassant produced fine prose in an economical style for which he became famous, but some more recent translations have been criticised for having lost his essential elegance of style; to preserve the integrity of the writing as far as possible the Leonaur editors have utilised earlier translations.
Volume three of this special three volume Guy de Maupassant collection of strange tales contains one novella 'The Heritage' and thirty seven fine examples of his shorter fiction, among these the reader will discover 'The Olive Grove, ' 'A Traveller's Tale, ' 'The Grave, ' 'A Queer Night in Paris, ' 'Moonlight, ' 'The Moribund.' 'The Horrible, ' 'The Man with Blue Eyes' and many more.

Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket for collectors.
ISBN9780857064424
Author Guy de Maupassant , Guy De Maupassant
PublisherLeonaur Ltd
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages388
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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The French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-93), a protégé of Flaubert, was known for his hugely influential short stories and the vivid realism of his novels. He was born in Normandy and served in the Franco-Prussian War, which would become the subject of some of his best-known stories. Maupassant wrote six novels and nearly three hundred stories, among them "The Necklace," "Boule de Suif," "The Horla," and "Mademoiselle Fifi." His financial and critical success as a writer made him a prominent figure in fashionable society, but in his last few years he suffered mental and physical symptoms of the syphilis he had contracted in his early years. After a suicide attempt in 1892 he was committed to a private asylum, where he died the following year at the age of 42.
About Guy De Maupassant
The French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-93), a protégé of Flaubert, was known for his hugely influential short stories and the vivid realism of his novels. He was born in Normandy and served in the Franco-Prussian War, which would become the subject of some of his best-known stories. Maupassant wrote six novels and nearly three hundred stories, among them "The Necklace," "Boule de Suif," "The Horla," and "Mademoiselle Fifi." His financial and critical success as a writer made him a prominent figure in fashionable society, but in his last few years he suffered mental and physical symptoms of the syphilis he had contracted in his early years. After a suicide attempt in 1892 he was committed to a private asylum, where he died the following year at the age of 42.

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