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"Bola de sebo", que muchos creen es uno de los mejores cuentos de Maupassant, fue publicado originalmente en una coleccion dirigida por Zola y es un ataque a la moral burguesa que acepta que una mujer se entregue para salvarlos a todos, pero despues por haberse entregado es mirada con desprecio. Igualmente esta "El collar" con su sorpresivo desenlace y el tierno "Padre de Simon", ademas de otra serie de cuentos que son testimonio de la grandeza del autor.

Los dos hermanos, Pedro y Juan, son rivales por el amor de una mujer y Pedro hace uso de toda clase de recursos para traicionar a su hermano, que parece ser el exitoso.

Paolo Saverini’s widow lives with her son and his dog in a small house on the cliffs of Bonifacio. One evening, Antoine Saverini is stabbed, and the murderer escapes across the bay to Sardinia. The old lady swears she will have revenge . . .

Guy de Maupassant is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story. As his 13 volumes of short stories attest, he was a prolific writer of this form. He had a simple, efficient style of writing and, like Anton Chekhov, found inspiration for his stories in the daily lives of humans, which often reveal our darker nature. His years of service in the Franco-Prussian War provided him with rich material for his work.

Guy de Maupassant is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. His narratives are characterized by an economy of style and the efficient way in which the various threads are neatly resolved. In "The False Jewels", a man who dotes on his wife is crushed by her unexpected death and then astounded by a revelation about her costume jewelry.

A lesson on the power of vanity, "The Necklace" tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde always imagined herself as a socialite with beautiful gowns and wonderful jewels. Her husband, however, is a lowly clerk and the two have little money. Desperate to attend an important party, she borrows a friend's diamond necklace to match the dress her husband bought for her. But when Mathilde loses the expensive jewels, she nearly destroys her life in an effort to pay back the debt.

A colourful palette of short stories featuring artists and their love of paintings. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain, "The Cat" by E. F. Benson, "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde, "A Queer Night in Paris" by Guy de Maupassant, "Portrait of a Lady" by Jerome K. Jerome, "Miss Harriet" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe, "My Adventure at Chislehurst" by A. J. Alan, "The Stalled Ox" by Saki, "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson.

Der Erzähler findet in seinem Hotelzimmer ein Tagebuch von einem seiner "Vorbewohner". Hieraus zitiert er dessen 25-tägigen Aufenthalt in einem Kurort in Frankreich, der seine Leber und seinen Magen behandeln und abnehmen muss.

A comprehensive collection of superb classic 30-minute short stories. Perfect for commuters, joggers or bedtime listening.

Die DREI-Trilogie der Lauscherlounge als Gesamtausgabe! Drei Gruselgeschichten, drei Märchen und drei Erzählungen über die Liebe, interpretiert von den Sprechern der "Drei ???"...

Ce livre audio comprend les nouvelles : Mademoiselle Fifi, Madame Baptiste, La Rouille et Marroca. Quatre textes dans lesquels Maupassant fait montre de son talent à la fois de conteur d'histoires, et de critique de l'âme humaine, les bassesses et les maladresses sont racontées avec réalisme, mais aussi avec tendresse.

Siamo nella Francia della seconda metà dell’Ottocento, durante la guerra Franco-Prussiana. Tre di questi sei racconti ce la descrivono come occasione di meschinità, piccole vigliaccherie, ma anche di impensati e imprevisti patriottismi; gli altri racconti, brevi lampi dolce amari, sempre ironici sono ambientati nelle campagne francesi ma anche nella sensuale e misteriosa Africa, vista con gli occhi dei colonizzatori francesi. Cornice musicale: Paul Dukas.

A vague jealousy, one of those dormant jealousies which grow up between brothers or sisters and slowly ripen till they burst, on the occasion of a marriage perhaps, or of some good fortune happening to one of them, kept them on the alert in a sort of brotherly and non-aggressive animosity. They were fond of each other, it is true, but they watched each other. Pierre, five years old when Jean was born, had looked with the eyes of a little petted animal at that other little animal which had suddenly come to lie in his father's and mother's arms and to be loved and fondled by them.

"A Ghost" is an old man's reminiscence of a supernatural event that has haunted him for more than half a century....

In the decade between 1880 and 1890 Guy de Maupassant published over 300 short stories in a variety of modes, including the supernatural legend, the surprise-ending tale, and the realistic story. He also contributed to the sophistication of the horror story by pushing it even further than Edgar Allan Poe into the modern mode of psychological obsession and madness. In Am I Insane? Maupassant's focus is on how an obsession becomes so powerful that it is translated into murderous action.

An invisible alien parasite slowly takes over the penetrating mind of a French nobleman. He slowly loses control over his thoughts, his words, and his deeds. Is it insanity? Or is it the Horla?

Selections include: "The Duel" and "The Umbrella" by Guy de Maupasssant; "The Schartz-Metterklume Method", "The Open Window", and "The Story Teller" by Saki; "The Scandal Monger" and "Verochka" by Anton Chekhov; and "The Wardrobe" by Thomas Mann.

Sbornik rasskazov "Lunnyy svet" zaklyuchaet v sebe obrazcovye novelly zamechatel'nogo mastera francuzskoy prozy. Pri vsey vneshney svoey prostote rasskazy Mopassana porazhayut izyashchestvom stilisticheskogo vyrazheniya, kotoroe prekrasno peredano russkimi perevodchikami nashey staroy shkoly. V nih kak v miniatyure predstavlen ves' shirochayshiy tematicheskiy diapazon velikih romanov ehtogo pisatelya.

Cikly novell izvestnogo francuzskogo pisatelya Gi de Mopassana "Voskresnye progulki parizhskogo burzhua" (1880) i "Madmuazel' Fifi" (1882) yavlyayutsya yarkimi obrazcami vysokogo masterstva ih avtora, zamechatel'nogo stilista, umeyushchego v lakonichnyh, prostyh i yasnyh frazah sozdat' zhivopisnye, zapominayushchiesya obrazy: melkogo burzhua, zabludivshegosya v parke Sen-Klu ili predayushchegosya ubogomu vesel'yu v kompanii svoego sosluzhivca; naglogo i presyshchennogo prusskogo oficera po prozvishchu "madmuazel' Fifi", razvlekayushchegosya v obshchestve prostitutok; dvuh priyateley-rybolovov, otkazavshihsya skazat' vragu parol' i rasstrelyannyh za ehto; strastnoy i cel'noy v svoey strasti Marokki i mnogie drugie.

All human foibles can be found in these classic short stories. Great stories, simply told with fresh voices. Shortalk - moving words off the page.