'Monsieur de Maupassant has never before been so clever.'Henry James Henry James's admiration for 'this masterly littlenovel' has been echoed throughout the twentieth century by readersof Pierre et Jean. It marked a turning-point in the development ofFrench fiction, situated as it is between traditional socialrealism and the psychological novel. It is recognized as a classicstudy of filial jealousy, triggered by one of the two brothers ofits title finding himself the sole inheritor of the fortune of hismother's former lover. Pierre et Jean is set in Le Havre in the1880s and is notable for its evocation of the Normandy coastlinecaptured by the Impressionists. But Maupassant's achievement is tohave woven from this simple plot in a maritime context abrilliantly crafted exploration of the complexities at the heart offamily life. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
【作者简介】
Guy de Maupassant was born in Normandy in 1850. By the late1870s, the first signs of syphilis had appeared, and Maupassant hadbecome Flaubert's pupil in the art of prose. He led a hectic sociallife, and in 1891, having tried to commit suicide, he was committedto an asylum in Paris, where he died two years later. Translatedwith an introduction by Leonard Tancock
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