Femme Fatale (Little Black Classics #15)
A selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the...
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A selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victori
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141398334 (0141398337)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 58
Edition language: English
Femme Fatale combines the title story and three other short stories from French author Guy de Maupassant. I can only say that they felt rather explicit and openly contained lesbianism which quite surprised me since it was being written in Victorian times. Something else I notices was that it had a F...
Not to everyone's taste. The most interesting are the title story (which is at once anti and pro lesbian) and "Cockcrow" which was really great (though guys might not like it).
Guy de Maupassant, 19th century French short story writer was considered the father of the modern short story with his macabre tales full of black comedy. Unfortunately, they did not interest me in the slightest. They were quite amusing in places and I enjoyed the black comedy, but altogether they w...
Before reading this collection of Maupassant's short stories I haven't read any of his novels, however hard I tried to finish Bel Ami, I just couldn't stay focused. However, his prose was mesmerizing, I loved his choice of words and the romantic feel of his narration, and I'm totally on board with r...
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