Item #2290314 Mademoiselle Fifi: Parisian Adventure and Other Stories. Guy De Maupassant, Walter S. Keating.

Mademoiselle Fifi: Parisian Adventure and Other Stories

New York: Stravon Publishers, 1949. Farruggio, Remo. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2290314

Third printing. One inch chip along jacket spine base and along bottom edge of front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed.

128 pp. With illustrations specially drawn for this edition by Remo Farruggio. A collection of short stories. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (/'mo?p??s??nt/;[1] French: [gid(?) mopas?~]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Suet", 1880), is often considered his masterpiece.

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