7 best short stories - Fishing - formato ePub

Este volumen reúne siete historias que Guy de Maupassant escribió entre 1882 y 1889, a saber: “La adormecedora”, “El ciego”, “La loca”, “Paseo”, “El niño”, “Un cobarde” y “Suicidas”. En estos relatos...

«Bola de Sebo» es el título del cuento que encumbró al autor francés Guy de Maupassant, quien emplea una sutil ironía para relatar su historia.

«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,...

«Soy demasiado moderna»: Michèle de Burile, viuda de un «varón brutal», ha tomado la «decisión de no volver a comprometer nunca su libertad». Ahora es una de «esas elegidas que París adula» y en su salón...

Una herencia inesperada cae en el tranquilo y retirado hogar de la familia Roland en Le Havre: un antiguo amigo de París, donde el señor Roland era joyero, deja toda su fortuna al menor de sus dos hijos,...

Georges Duroy, un ex suboficial que ha servido en Argelia, malvive en París con un empleo sin futuro. Tres francos con cuarenta céntimos es lo que tiene en el bolsillo al empezar la novela, lo que equivale...

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...

Luego de dos años sirviendo al ejército en Argelia, George Deroy, un joven apuesto y sin escrúpulos, llega a París en busca de un futuro mejor. Rápidamente, su gran atractivo físico y encanto personal...

- Esta edición es única; - La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para el Ale. Mar. SAS; - Todos los derechos reservados. Los 13 volúmenes de la colección completa de Guy De Maupassant,...

- Esta edición es única; - La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para el Ale. Mar. SAS; - Todos los derechos reservados. Maestro en detallar el comportamiento social, Fuerte como la muerte,...

"El Horla" es un cuento de horror psicológico del escritor francés Guy de Maupassant, publicado en 1887. Narra la experiencia de un hombre que se ve atormentado por la sensación de que está siendo acechado...

- Esta edición es única; - La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para el Ale. Mar. SAS; - Todos los derechos reservados. Bel-Ami (Querido amigo) es una novela del escritor francés Guy De...

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...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

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Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on...

'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail'Hugely inventive and wise, we adored this heart-lifting...

The Great War is over. Gabriel Dan has been released from a POW camp in Russia and is making his way home to Austria. He comes to an industrial town in Poland and checks in at the once-grand Hotel Savoy,...

And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began.'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer...

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA RETURN'A wicked ride from beginning to heart shattering end. Leaving me literally screaming for more. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to get more our morally corrupt heroine who...

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg,...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES.In a brand-new short story, Alison Weir reimagines a dark and dangerous moment in Tudor history.I wasn't supposed to know about...

EVEN ANGELS HAVE THEIR DEMONS . . .PARIS, CHRISTMAS 2021. After a heart attack, Mathias Taillefer wakes up in hospital with a stranger at his bedside. The mysterious girl reveals herself to be Louise...

Rosie Redbrush, a travel agent working for Wanderlust Wishes travel agency, is someone who sells holidays but never takes them. At twenty-nine, she lives a quiet, comfortable life in the town she grew...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun...

Nick Cutter, author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop, returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.On a sunny...

Collected together in one neat volume—three electrifying futuristic adventures that let loose the Robotech Defense Force against the most fearsome conquerors in the universe.Three ROBOTECH novels for...

Following the highly acclaimed Nocturnes and Night Music, Night & Day is filled with eerie surprises and dark delights.Night & Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled...

The Eldest Girl is a family drama spanning three generations. It moves between the 1960s with Tom, fresh off the boat from England who falls in love with the seemingly unattainable Ngahere, and 2010 where...

'Intelligent, warm, familiar, gripping, and completely immersive. Ambitious in geography and scope, I relished every paragraph. The Gamache (and Three Pines) we love, but utterly fresh. SUPERB' WILL DEANRelentless...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sure to become your next fantasy obsession' The hottest forced proximity x forbidden romance vampire story to sink your fangs into this spooky season!...

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin. Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated...

An old house turns out not to be as empty as its new owners supposed. A nobleman barters his soul for arcane knowledge. A stranger with a terrible curse looks for an unsuspecting victim to take her place....

The astronomer falls off the flatbed truck, the falconer is afraid of a lion. Mona Lisa worries about red spots. Being "degenerate" hurts. The artworks themselves know best what it feels like to be systematically...

Alexis (24) is a young man with mild disabilities. Intelligent, but opinionated, passive and very introverted. During an ordinary December week, he is confronted with an avalanche of surprising experiences...

Rick causes a car accident in the middle of Munich and nothing is the same afterwards. At first, no one believes him that his traffic light was green when he drove into the intersection without braking....

A sinful prince. A determined reporter. A dangerous rivalry.Gabriel Axton -the Prince of Gluttony, self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when a hunt takes a deadly turn, he realizes...

“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing...

Perfect for fans of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver and Always in December by Emily Stone, Christmas at Reedy Falls is an opposites-attract, wholesome Christmas romance that will leave readers believing...

For readers of Nightbitch and We Ride Upon Sticks, this strange and sexy novel of queer love in a small town is an unsettling reminder that the horrors of modern life is a monster ready to possess us...

After the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury. But when the...

Growing up in Roath Park, Cardiff, John Richards never envisaged a career in the cut-throat corporate 'City' – London, the world-renowned hub of trading, retail and financial marketing. Spending his childhood...