A Day in the Country and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) By Guy de Maup

A Day In The Country & Other StoriesGuy De Maupassant (Author)/David Coward (Translator)PublisherOxford PaperbacksPublication Date1998Pages336Topicsshort stories / short storiesISBN9780192838636BindingPaperbackWeight220DimensionsWidth: 12.9   Height: 19.8   Spine: 1.7 (approx)Description\nThis edition was published on 10/09/1998 and is in good condition. This copy is used and may have been read. Its general condition is slight wear to corners and edges internally cleanSynopsisThis selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in .