Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories

TranslatorDavid Coward
Foreword / AfterwordDavid Coward
AnnotationsDavid Coward
LanguageEnglish
Year2024
CountryUnited Kingdom
ISBN9780198884958
Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories

This translation of twenty tales shows Maupassant at his bitter, bawdy, chilling best. It features some of his grimmest and most famous stories such as A Vendetta and The Grove of Olives, and it also reflects both his moods and his mastery of the short story.

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CONTENTS Introduction vii Select Bibliography xix A Chronology of Guy de Maupassant xxi SHEPHERD'S LEAP 3 MADEMOISELLE FIFI 7 CALL IT MADNESS? 19 TWO FRIENDS 23 AT SEA 30 THE TRIBULATIONS OF WALTER SCHNAFFS 35 MISS HARRIET 43 A DUEL 61 A VENDETTA 66 THE MODEL 71 MOTHER SAVAGE 77 THE LITTLE KEG 84 THE DOWRY 90 THE REQUEST 96 MONSIEUR PARENT 102 THIS BUSINESS OF LATIN 139 MADAME HUSSON'S MAY KING 148 HAUTOT AND SON 164 THE GROVE OF OLIVES 177 WHO CAN TELL? 202 Explanatory Notes 215

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