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Afloat

Afloat

by Guy de Maupassant

Description and travelFrance, description and travelDescriptions et voyagesRésidences et lieux familiersFrench language
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About this book

"Afloat is the story of Maupassant's voyage around the Mediterranean coast aboard his yacht, the Bel-Ami. It is not only the record of a voyage, but a portrait of life at sea and of French provincial life on the land ... This edition includes previously unpublished translations of three articles by Maupassant."--Jacket.

Themes & subjects

Description and travelFrance, description and travelDescriptions et voyagesRésidences et lieux familiersFrench language

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Setting

Riviera (France)Riveria (France)Côte d'Azur (France)

About the author

Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant

5 Aug 1850 – 2 Mar 1893

Guy de Maupassant, né le 5 août 1850 au château de Miromesnil près de Tourville-sur-Arques (France) et mort le 6 juillet 1893 dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris, est un écrivain et journaliste littéraire français. Lié à Gustave Flaubert et à Émile Zola, Maupassant a marqué la littérature française par ses six romans, dont *Une vie* en 1883, *Bel-Ami* en 1885, *Pierre et Jean* en 1887-1888, et surtout par ses nouvelles (parfois intitulées contes) comme *Boule de Suif* en 1880, les *Contes de la bécasse* (1883) ou Le Horla (1887). Ces œuvres retiennent l’attention par leur force réaliste, la présence importante du fantastique et par le pessimisme qui s’en dégage le plus souvent, mais aussi pa…

Author

Guy de Maupassant

Pages

203

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

24

Languages

French, English

Publisher

P. Ollendorff

ISBN

9782864180234

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