A Life (Hyperion library of world literature) - Hardcover
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.
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About the Author:
Roger Pearson is Professor of French at the University of Oxford and Praelector in French at The Queen's College, Oxford.
Language Notes:
Roger Pearson is Professor of French at the University of Oxford and Praelector in French at The Queen's College, Oxford.
Text: English, French (translation)
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- PublisherHyperion Press
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 088355576X
- ISBN 13 9780883555767
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages225
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