Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales" by Guy de Maupassant is a collection of short stories likely written during the late 19th century. The work explores the complexities of marriage through various characters and scenarios, with the initial story, "La Paix du Ménage," introducing us to the troubled relationship of Monsieur and Madame de Sallus as well as the deepened connection between Madame de Sallus and her lover, Jacques de Randol. At the start of the play, we are placed in a drawing room where Madame de Sallus engages in a secretly affectionate conversation with Jacques de Randol, highlighting their romantic tension. Their dialogue reveals the strain in Madame de Sallus's marriage with Monsieur de Sallus, who has largely been indifferent to her affections. The characters navigate feelings of love, desire, jealousy, and discontent within the bounds of societal expectations, with Madame de Sallus contemplating her feelings for both her husband and Jacques. This mix of themes sets the stage for a critical examination of marriage and infidelity, reflecting the intricacies and emotional challenges faced by the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

La paix du menage

Musotte

The lancer's wife

Hautot senior and Hautot junior

No quarter

The orphan

A lively friend

The blind man

The impolite sex

The cake

The corsican bandit

The duel.

Credits:

Text file produced by Tiffany Vergon, Sandra Brown and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger

Notes:

Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2005-10-01