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The Best Short Stories - Wordsworth Classics

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The Best Short Stories

The Best Short Stories - Wordsworth Classics

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Published: 5 February, 1997
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With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed.

His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781853261893
ISBN10 1853261890
Number Of Pages 224
Item Weight 164 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Publisher / Reseller Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format paperback
Edition New edition
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