{"title":"Guy de Maupassant","description":"\u003cp\u003eGuy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was een Franse schrijver, meester van het korte verhaal. Hij staat bekend om zijn realistische en vaak sombere verhalen, zoals \u003cem\u003eBoule de Suif\u003c\/em\u003e en \u003cem\u003eThe Necklace\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pierre-and-jean-guy-de-maupassant","title":"Pierre and Jean - Guy de Maupassant","description":"\u003csection class=\"slot slot--description slot--seperated slot--seperated--has-more-content js_slot-description\" data-group-name=\"ProductDescription\" data-bltgg=\"gL8TDOHcg2x-0XhQQ95M-g.2_16\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-test=\"product-description\" data-bltgi=\"gL8TDOHcg2x-0XhQQ95M-g.2_16.17\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js_show-more-description show-more active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js_show-more-holder show-more-holder show-more--l product-tracklists-show-more--animate\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js_description_content js_show-more-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-test=\"description\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eThe fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house of their parents, to declare that an old family friend has bequeathed his entire fortune to Jean, this envy rapidly becomes an all-consuming force. Despising himself for the hate that he feels, Pierre roams the seaport of Le Havre alone, desperate to come to terms with his brother's success. As he walks through the streets, however, one thought dominates his mind. Why was he not left a share of the friend's estate? 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This title explores the dualistic nature of the human character and reveals nobility, civility and generosity, vanity, greed, and hypocrisy. Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature. They focus on the relationships between men and women, as in the poignant fantasy of 'A Parisian Affair', between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. Through these relationships, Maupassant explores the dualistic nature of the human character and his stories reveal both nobility, civility and generosity, and, in stories such as 'At Sea' and 'Boule de Suif', vanity, greed and hypocrisy. 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But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, \u003cem\u003eBel-Ami\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life - depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity. Douglas Parmée's translation captures all the vigour and vitality of Maupassant's novel. 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