Guy de Maupassant: The Complete Short Stories (Cronos Classics) - formato ePub

El ebook tambien contiene una biografía del autor. Huyendo de Ruan se dispone una diligencia para 10 personas que obtienen un salvoconducto para ir a El Havre; en ellas se disponen tres ricos matrimonios...

<p>Huyendo de Ruan se dispone una diligencia para 10 personas que obtienen un salvoconducto para ir a El Havre; en ellas se disponen tres ricos matrimonios que huyen de la ocupación prusiana preservando...

Una selección de cuentos con dos temas en común: la guerra y la prostituciónLos relatos que forman este volumen, bajo el nombre de uno de ellos, pertenecen a la primera época de escritura de Maupassant....

El amor a la vida y a la juventud, melancólicamente representada por un viejo pintor que anhela volver vivir su amor por la condesa a través de su hija, es la historia que Guy de Maupassant relata en...

Bola de Sebo no es sólo un cuento fascinante plagado de imágenes, también es una crítica a la sociedad moral y de clase alta. Relata el viaje hecho por aristócratas franceses para salvaguardarse de las...

A las aguas Abandonado Adiós Alexandre Amor Amorosa Aparición Arrepentimiento Blanco y azul Bola de Sebo Campanilla Campesinos Cantó un gallo Cariños de familia Carta de un loco Carta que se encontró...

A través de un diario el autor nos muestra las alucinaciones del protagonista, el cual siente la presencia de un ente que él llama El Horla.

A través de un diario el autor nos muestra las alucinaciones del protagonista, el cual siente la presencia de un ente que él llama El Horla.

Este ebook presenta "La noche", con un indice dinámico y detallado. Es uno de los mejores cuentos de Maupassant, escrito en 1887. Maupassant nos lleva de paseo por las calles de París en su época. Nos...

Este ebook presenta "La noche", con un indice dinámico y detallado. Es uno de los mejores cuentos de Maupassant, escrito en 1887. Maupassant nos lleva de paseo por las calles de París en su época. Nos...

Si bien fueron sus espléndidas novelas, como Bel Ami o Fuerte como la muerte, las que valieron en su día a Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) fama y dinero, no es menos cierto que su regular labor como cuentista...

Si bien fueron sus espléndidas novelas, como Bel Ami o Fuerte como la muerte, las que valieron en su día a Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) fama y dinero, no es menos cierto que su regular labor como cuentista...

Minucioso estudio psicológico, "Fuerte como la muerte" (1889) es la penúltima de las seis novelas que escribió Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893). En esta sugestiva obra que gravita en torno al dolor del...

Maestro consagrado en el arte del cuento y el relato corto, cuatro son los grandes temas de Maupassant: la guerra franco-prusiana, que le sirve para condenar el belicismo; la crítica a las clases dominantes,...

El Horla es un relato corto de terror de Guy de Maupassant, publicado originalmente el 23 de octubre de 1882, en el periódico Le Gaulois. Escrito en forma de diario, narra los síntomas y miedos del personaje...

«Maupassant, a quien se ha llamado maestro del mot juste, nunca ha sido un mero tratante de palabras. Sus mercancías no han sido cuentas de vidrio sino pulidas gemas: quizá no las más raras y preciosas,...

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