Pierre and Jean

Informationen zum Autor Guy de Maupassant was born in Normandy in 1850. By the late 1870s, the first signs of syphilis had appeared, and Maupassant had become Flaubert's pupil in the art of prose. He led a hectic social life, and in 1891, having tried to commit suicide, he was committed to an asylum in Paris, where he died two years later. Translated with an introduction by Leonard Tancock Klappentext An intensely personal story of suspicion, jealousy, and family love, this novel shows the influence of such masters as Zola and Flaubert on Maupassant's writings. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung The fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house, to declare that an old family friend has bequeathed his entire fortune to Jean, this envy rapidly becomes an all-consuming force... This is a personal story of suspicion, jealousy and family love.

Product details

• Authors: Guy de Maupassant, Guy Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Leonard Tancock
• Assisted by: Leonard W. Tancock (Editor), Leonard Tancock (Introduction), Leonard Tancock (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.1979
• EAN: 9780140443585
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044358-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature