Guy de Maupassant 8 Classic Unabridged Audiobooks in 9 MP3 Audio CDs

Description: These discs contain MP3 files to play on your computer (PC or Mac) or compatible player. please check your devices documentation for compatibility. Guy de Maupassant Lot of 8 Classic Unabridged Audiobooks in 9 MP3 Audio CDs Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. A protégé of Flaubert, Maupassant's stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. He authored some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. The story "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat", 1880) is often accounted his masterpiece. His most unsettling horror story, "Le Horla" (1887), was about madness and suicide. A Woman's Life Read by Lisa Reichert Running Time:07:44:41 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Having spent her girlhood at a convent getting a good education, Jeanne has just returned home and is a happy young woman full of hope and excitement, and eager to experience life and love! But is she ready? The facts of life were not a part of the convent’s curriculum and dear Mother and Father are unable to broach sensitive topics, so Jeanne must learn life’s lessons the hard way. From the shock and dismay of the wedding night, to childbirth, to infidelity, to religion, there is a lot of learning to be done. Ball of Fat Read by Michael Thomas Robinson Running Time:1:51:15 in 1 MP3 Audio CD The first significant published short story of French author Guy de Maupassant, and generally acknowledged as his greatest work, "Ball-of-Fat" (French title: Boule de Suif) is the touching story of an interrupted coach ride from Rouen to Le Havre during which occurs the corruption of a principled prostitute by immoral and hypocritical members of the upper class. The story is set during the occupation of Rouen at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel Read by Martin Geeson Running Time: 8:15:20 in 1 MP3 Audio CD “He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to it.” Though firmly set in 1880s Paris, Maupassant's gripping story of an amoral journalist on the make could, with only slight modifications of detail, be updated to the 1960s, to the Reagan-Thatcher years, or maybe to the present day. Anti-hero Georges Duroy is a down-at-heel ex-soldier of no particular talent. Good-looking but somewhat lacking in self-confidence, he discovers an ability to control and exploit women - whereupon his career in journalism takes off, fuelled by the corruption of colleagues and government arrivistes. He may be a provincial Don Juan, but he is neither accident-prone nor heading for a fall... Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (185 Short Stories ) Read by Tatiana Chichilla Running Time:39:33:23 in 2 MP3 Audio CDs Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franco-Prussian War and the disillusionment of life and relationships. This collection of his works, containing famous stories like "Boule de Suif" and "The Diamond Necklace" show off his lyrical and engaging style. The book is written in accessible language without being simple and is sure to delight a modern audience. Mont Oriol: or A Romance of Auvergne Read by Multiple Readers Running Time:09:42:44 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Young bride Christiane arrives in Auvergne to "take the waters" with her husband, described as "a sickly flower, or a sucking pig with its hair shaved off." But rather than the relaxing family vacation she expects, she finds herself the center of a conspiracy between her father, the Marquis, and the "fossil" medical team in an effort to solve the problem of a lack of heir. Suddenly the discovery of a new spa throws the resort into disarray and brings a lowly family to prominence. Romantic intrigue, financial speculation, satire in the medical profession, a social commentary on the status of women, are all delivered in de Maupassant's picturesque prose. Pierre & Jean Read by Lee Smalley Running Time:04:54:13 in 1 MP3 Audio CD This short novel’s titular characters are brothers. An old family friend dies, leaving without explanation his entire fortune to Jean, the younger brother. Pierre, the protagonist, is puzzled, jealous, and increasingly bitter. A bequest, a secret, a major decision. This, Maupassant’s fourth novel, is considered by many to be his finest. The Horla Read by Louise J. Belle Running Time:01:46:46 in 1 MP3 Audio CD "The Horla" (French title "Le Horla") is among the most famous short stories by the French writer Guy de Maupassant. This version, published in 1887, is an expanded version of that previously published in the Paris literary periodical, Le Gil Blas, on October 26, 1886. Written as a series of private journal entries, it recounts the narrator's terrifying experience of "a strange, unknowable, and invisible being." The Works of Guy de Maupassant,Volume 3 The Viaticum and Other Stories (50 Short Stories) Read by James K. White Running Time:11:25:01 in 1 MP3 Audio CD This is volume is a collection of 50 of de Maupassant's short stories. The Viaticum 02 The Relics 03 The Thief 04 A Rupture 05 A Useful House 06 The Accent 07 Ghosts 08 Crash 09 An Honest Ideal 10 Stable Perfume 11 The Ill-Omened Groom 12 An Exotic Prince 13 Virtue In The Ballet 14 In His Sweetheart's Livery 15 Delila 16 A Mesalliance 17 Bertha 18 Abandoned 19 A Night In Whitechapel 20 Countess Satan 21 Kind Girls 22 Profitable Business 23 Violated 24 Jeroboam 25 The Log 26 Margot's Tapers 27 Caught In The Very Act 28 The Confession 29 Was It A Dream? 30 The Last Step 31 The Will 32 A Country Excursion 33 The Lancer's Wife 34 The Colonel's Ideas 35 One Evening 36 The Hermaphrodite 37 Marroca 38 An Artifice 39 The Assignation 40 An Adventure 41 The Double Pins 42 Under the Yoke 43 The Read One and the Other 44 The Upstart 45 The Carter's Wench 46 The Marquis 47 The Bed 48 An Adventure In Paris 49 Madame Baptiste 50 Happiness Our Audiobooks are Complete and Unabridged (unless otherwise indicated)Our Audiobooks are always read by real people, never by computers.Please Note: These recorded readings are from the author's original works which are in the public domain. All recordings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements or copyrights. Each track starts with "This is a LibriVox recording...."Although Librivox has graciously made these recordings available to the public domain, they're not associated with the sale of this product. Public domain books A public-domain book is a book with no copyright, a book that was created without a license, or a book where its copyrights expired or have been forfeited. In most countries the of copyright expires on the first day of January, 70 years after the death of the latest living author. The longest copyright term is in Mexico, which has life plus 100 years for all deaths since July 1928. A notable exception is the United States, where every book and tale published before 1926 is in the public domain; American copyrights last for 95 years for books originally published between 1925 and 1978 if the copyright was properly registered and maintained.

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