The first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) is the story of Jeanne de Lamare, the only daughter of wealthy Norman aristocrats whose life is beset by treachery and disillusion. Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Guy de Maupassant...
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The first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) is the story of Jeanne de Lamare, the only daughter of wealthy Norman aristocrats whose life is beset by treachery and disillusion. Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Guy de Maupassant and A Life -- Flaubert and Naturalism -- Human Destiny and the Seasons -- Narrative and the Novel -- Towards a Conclusion -- NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A CHRONOLOGY OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT -- A LIFE -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- XII -- XIII -- XIV -- EXPLANATORY NOTES.
