A Day In The Country and Other Stories
Oxford University Press - Classics
This selection of twenty seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic cruel and brilliant best In addition to the poignant title story it includes one of the most famous tales ever written The Necklace and Le Horla an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author s own decline into madness All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition supporting Henry James claim that in the annals of story telling Maupassant stands like a lion in the path
This selection of twenty seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic cruel and brilliant best In addition to the poignant title story it includes one of the most famous tales ever written The Necklace and Le Horla an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the authors own decline into madness All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition supporting Henry James claim that in the annals of story telling Maupassant stands like a lion in the path
