by Guy de Maupassant · Larousse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035842626
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«Contes de la Bécasse» is Guy de Maupassant's collection of short stories, published by Larousse in paperback (270 pages, in French).
Set in rural Normandy of the 19th century, these tales bring together cunning peasants, poor labourers and hunters fond of the good life. Maupassant combines comedy, drama and tragedy to show human complexity, with characters reflecting greed, cruelty or cowardice and, also, the joy of living, without falling into moral judgement.
It belongs to the Petits Classiques Larousse collection, with complete text and didactic material adapted to the French curriculum. The work was originally published in 1883.
Intended for French secondary school students and for those who wish to read the classics of French literature in their original language.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
