Résumé
Colone Laporte has an opinion about everything. Colonel Laporte is also right about everything. Or so he thinks. During a conversation with a friend, he is preaching his opinion about French people. He claims that they are famous for their attitudes towards members of the opposite sex. His friend disagrees. Frustrated and attempting to get his point across, he begins to tell the story of an encounter he had during the Franco-Prussian War. Only as his story continues does it become clear just how shocking this encounter was.This fast-paced tale is unmissable for fans of Ambrose Bierce.Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was one of the finest practitioners of the French short story. He was considered a master of both style and dramatic narrative. A representative of the Naturalist school, he wrote 300 short stories during his career - alongside a number of novels, travel books, and a volume of verse. The most notable of his work is considered to be his first short story - ‘Boule de Suif’. His volumes of short stories were heavily influential, with one of them acting as inspiration for John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’.
Auteur
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Né en 1850 au château de Miromesnil près de Dieppe, Guy de Maupassant est un maître incontesté de la nouvelle. Ses œuvres ont le plus souvent été publiées dans des journaux avant d’être reprises en recueil. Son regard ironique et acéré s’exerce dans différentes directions. Il croque la vie paysanne comme dans La Bête à Mait’ Belhomme ou Coco. Il sait également émouvoir le lecteur en quelques pages qui retrace une vie, qu’il s’agisse de la vie gâchée d’une jeune femme (La parure) ou de l’histoire d’un cheval (Coco). Grand voyageur, Maupassant ne dédaigne pas le pittoresque noir, comme dans la nouvelle corse Une vendetta. La fin de sa vie est marquée par des désordres psychiques, comme en témoignent ses récits fantastiques. Il meurt fou à Paris, en 1893, à 43 ans.
Auteur(s) : Guy de Maupassant
Caractéristiques
Editeur : Saga Egmont International
Auteur(s) : Guy de Maupassant
Publication : 8 mars 2023
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)
Taille(s) : 338 ko (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9788726667530