Description: [19th century FRENCH LITERATURE - TRAVEL ACCOUNT]Guy de MAUPASSANT1850-1893 Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant is a French writer and literary journalist born August 5, 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil in Tourville-sur-Arques (in Seine-Inférieure) and died on July 6, 1893 in Paris.Linked to Gustave Flaubert and Émile Zola, Maupassant left his mark on French literature with his six novels, including Une vie in 1883, Bel-Ami in 1885, Pierre et Jean in 1887-1888, and especially by his short stories (sometimes called tales) like Boule de Suif (absolute masterpiece of French literature) in 1880, the Tales of the woodcock (1883) or Le Horla (1887). These works attract attention by their realistic force, the significant presence of the fantastic and by the pessimism which most often emerges from them, but also by the stylistic mastery. Maupassant's literary career is limited to a decade — from 1880 to 1890 — before he gradually descended into madness and died shortly before the age of 43. Recognized during his lifetime, he maintains a leading reputation, further renewed by the numerous cinematographic adaptations of his works.- On the waterOn the Water is a travelogue written by Guy de Maupassant in 1888 On the water is the story of a cruise that the author took on his personal yacht along the Côte d'Azur and in particular in Saint-Tropez. It is a still untouched Côte d'Azur which is still only a destination for tuberculosis patients and a meeting place for crowned heads. The author alternates the story of his cruise with that of excursions carried out on land (in particular to the Chartreuse de la Verne) and long digressions on the society of his time, History…-Guy de MAUPASSANTOn the waterParis, Marpon & E. Flammarion, (1888)(Imp. Marpon & E. Flammarion) Mention of 17th mile,First edition on current paper(after 50 ex. on Japan) Illustrations by RIOU, engraved by Guillaume Frères -In-12, 246pp. Very pleasant and solid 1/2 period binding, green leather spine, 4 raised bands, golden threads and titling Well made and very well preserved period binding, solid and clean very minor usual various frictions on leather, back slightly faded or having slightly turned brown as oftencf. visuals...Beautiful copy, in good interior condition, clean and fresh, very light coated paper. yellowed as always, almost without foxing see visuals... Quite rare old edition[Biblical source. André Lopes Silva] To be continued... other bound volumes from a good library of “fin de siècle” French literature... Related keywords maupassant guy de maupassant riou 1888 eo 1888 eo riou 1888 Provided by
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Language: French
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Author: Guy of Maupassant
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Year Printed: 19th
date of publication: 1888
Nom: ON THE WATER
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