Story of a Farm Girl
(2016)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Read Books Ltd. : Made available through hoopla, 2016
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781473360075 (electronic bk.) MWT11646995, 1473360072 (electronic bk.) 11646995
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Cht́eau de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social disgrace by trying to secure a legal separation from her husband. After the split, Maupassant lived with his mother till he was thirteen, and inherited her love of classical literature. In 1880, Maupassant published his first - and, according to many, his best - short story, entitled 'Boule de Suif' ('Ball of Fat'). It was an instant success. He went on to be extremely prolific during the 1880s, working methodically to produce up to four volumes of short fiction every year. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions

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