A Life : The Humble Truth (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
A Life (1883), the first of Maupassant's six completed novels, tells the story of Jeanne de Lamare, the only daughter of wealthy Norman aristocrats. From the day she leaves convent school, her head full of innocent hopes for the future, to the moment twenty-nine years later when she becomes a grandmother under very changed circumstances, Jeanne slowly discovers that her reality does not resemble romantic fiction. Despite a handsome husband, two lovely children, and a fine chateau by the sea, her life is beset by treachery and disillusion. Now in a new translation, this Oxford World's Classics edition preserves the poignant beauty of Maupassant's prose.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
A Life: The Humble Truth (Oxford World's Classics),Guy Maupassant,Roger Pearson,Oxford University Press, USA,0192832980,Biography & Autobiography,Classics,European - French,French Novel And Short Story,Literary,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,19th century fiction,Fiction / Classics,French,Literature/English | World Literature | France
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