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Klappentext The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phenomenally productive and imaginative, displaying a literary mastery of idioms, technology and technical terms, exotic locations, and social range. He gained immense popularity, becoming (as these stories indicate) the knowledgeable spokesman for a wide public. Zusammenfassung Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity! with tales that vary in theme and tone! ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce.

Product details

• Authors: Guy de Maupassant, G. Maupassant, Guy Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Cedric Watts (Introduction), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.1997
• EAN: 9781853261893
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-189-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Classics Library (NTC); Wordsworth Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Classic fiction: general and literary