The necklace and other tales / Guy de Maupassant ; compiled and newly translated by Joachim Neugroschel ; introduction by Adam Gopnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Neugroschel, Joachim.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893--Translations into English.

Maupassant, Guy de.

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 195 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Modern Library edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, 2003.

Summary:

From wicked and hilarious stories of the underside of Paris to bittersweet fables that puncture social pretension to harrowing tales of terror and suspense, Guy de Maupassant's short works remain, for many, the best ever written. Gathered here, in an exhilarating new translation, are Maupassant's most famous and important tales, including "The Tellier House, " "The Horla, " "Butterball (Boule de Suife), " "Mademoiselle Fifi, " and "A Day in the Country, " along with a number of lesser-known masterpieces. Th collection contains all of the Maupassant stories that have ever been filmed (by such masters as Renoir and Ophuls), including "The Inn, " the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining. All tales are unexpurgated (some for the first time), comprising a rich and multifaceted edition that will make Maupassant newly accessible for contemporary readers.

Contents:

The necklace

Butterball

The Tellier house

On the water

Mademoiselle Fifi

The mask

The inn

A day in the country

The hand

The jewels

The model

The entity (The Horla).

ISBN:

0679641726

OCLC:

50333771