Project Gutenberg 2025-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 102 Maupassant, Guy de 1850 1893 De Maupassant, Guy Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 26 $aParis :$bLouis Conard, $c1908. L'Inutile Beauté -- Le Champ d'oliviers -- Mouche -- Le Noyé -- L'Épreuve -- Le Masque -- Un Portrait -- L'Infirme -- Les Vingt-cinq francs de la Supérieure -- Un Cas de divorce -- Qui sait? -- Alexandre (inédit). Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 26" by Guy de Maupassant is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The volume includes works such as "L'Inutile Beauté" and "Le Champ d'Oliviers," focusing on complex human relationships, societal expectations, and the struggles faced within family and personal histories. These narratives often revolve around characters wrestling with inner turmoil, societal pressure, and the weight of past decisions. Readers can expect emotionally charged tales set in the social milieus of Maupassant’s France. The opening of this volume begins with "L'Inutile Beauté," centering on the marital conflict between the Comte and Comtesse de Mascaret. The story reveals the wife’s resentment over her husband's jealousy and his strategy of repeated pregnancies to keep her undesirable to other men. A dramatic confrontation leads Gabrielle, the comtesse, to declare that one of their seven children is not her husband's, plunging the family into doubt and emotional turmoil. The narrative explores themes of control, motherhood, revenge, and the search for personal freedom. Moving on, the collection introduces "Le Champ d'Oliviers," where an aging priest, Vilbois, unexpectedly encounters a young vagabond who claims to be his illegitimate son from a long-ago love affair. The opening of this story highlights themes of regret, lost love, and the burdens of the past as the two men come to terms with their connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20130403045731demaupassa 1908 FR Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French literature -- 19th century PQ Text Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 321671 2025-07-30T05:11:10.950263 text/html 296124 2025-04-01T09:15:44 text/html 248798 2025-07-30T05:11:17.783272 application/epub+zip 245844 2025-07-30T05:11:12.433299 application/epub+zip 191127 2025-07-30T05:11:11.697275 application/epub+zip 325132 2025-07-30T05:11:21.558222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296496 2025-07-30T05:11:17.163249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276141 2025-07-30T05:11:09.958272 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 256132 2025-04-01T09:15:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16472 2025-07-30T05:11:21.723200 application/rdf+xml 6682 2025-07-30T05:11:11.801268 image/jpeg 1617 2025-07-30T05:11:11.751245 image/jpeg 201425 2025-07-30T05:11:10.988249 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia