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"Facile à lire" est une collection de titres qui vous entraîne à la découverte des grandes œuvres classiques de la littérature française. Cet outil pédagogique est destiné à accompagner les lycéens dans leurs études. Plus généralement, elle s'adresse à tous les amoureux de la littérature qui souhaitent revisiter ou découvrir de façon ludique nos grands classiques.

In questo racconto lungo Guy De Maupassant, alternando serietà e sarcasmo, propone uno spaccato di borghesi francesi che , vuoti di valori e permeati di ipocrisia, vengono a patti con tutto pur di accaparrarsi una eredità milionaria. Amico di Flaubert. Emile Zola, da cui fu profondamente influenzato, Maupassant spesso ritrae nelle sue opere la stupidità, la cupidigia, la crudeltà e soprattutto la meschinità, e il riso è più amaro che dolce. Cornice musicale di Paul Dukas.

This is a story from the Normandy Stories collection. Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well - Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid color and with great warmth. Amusing, saucy, and sometimes even farcical they may be, but they are also capable of great pathos, often branching off to end tragically.

An impoverished French family awaits the prodigal return of their long vanished Uncle Jules from his travels in America. From his letters it would appear that he has made his fortune and when he returns the family hopes their fortunes will change too. A boat trip to Jersey provides the opporunity for a reunion...but nobody could anticipate the twist in events.

Zehn Meisterwerke von weltberühmten Autoren versammeln sich in dieser Hörbuch-Box! Mit dabei: "Der Schimmelreiter" (Storm), "Eine Halligfahrt" (Storm), "Der Löwen- und Sonnenorden" (Tschechow), "Marroca" (de Maupassant), "Das Geheimnis der Marie Roget" (Poe), "Sherlock Holmes und der Mann mit der Schramme" (Doyle), "Die Jungfrau von Thilouze" (Balzac), "Der Abt und die Ehefrau" (Boccaccio), "In der Mondscheingasse" (Zweig), "Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker" (Roth).

Rouen is occupied by the Prussian army and a group of ten residents decides to leave town. Although it is not that easy, they manage to get on a carriage. The group is quite colorful as every person represents a different part of the French population during the Franco-Prussian War of the late 19th century. A prostitute is a part of the group and although the others are filled with prejudices towards her, she is the one who could save them all when they find themselves in a Prussian-held territory.

A wife’s indiscretion is answered with cruel estrangement. Yet when the couple meets again six years later in a train car, as two strangers traveling together, the Baron discovers the magnitude of his loss. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story, using every literary device and turn of phrase with masterful effect. A Meeting is an elegant tale that explores the consequences of unbridled, and bridled, passion.

"Ce cochon de Morin" est une nouvelle de Guy de Maupassant publiée d'abord en novembre 1882 dans la revue Gil Blas, puis à nouveau dans son recueil de nouvelles intitulé "Contes de la bécasse" (1883). En rentrant à la Rochelle après quinze jours à Paris, le mercier Morin aperçoit à la gare d'Orléans la belle Henriette Bonnel. Tout émoustillé par son séjour dans la capitale, le provincial la suit dans le train, et croyant que la demoiselle lui fait elle-même des avances, il tente de l'embrasser.

Guy de Maupassant, France's gift to the world of short stories, was a prolific writer of this genre. His complete collection numbers just under 200. Volume XII contains the following titles:

Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, are just some of the famous writers whose wit and wisdom are included in this audiobook, "700 Quotations from the Great Writers of the 19th Century". Between them, these authors are responsible for some of the most famous stories ever written, including "Crime and Punishment", "The Three Musketeers" and "Madame Bovary". This carefully crafted collection is guaranteed to inspire, amuse, and entertain. These literary giants are considered among the greatest writers of the 19th Century.

"The Horla" is the chilling tale of one man's descent into madness. Maupassant established a reputation in France as an absolute master of the short story, before himself succumbing to the mental illness that ravaged his later life. This story is the terrifying tale of an invisible vampire, told by a narrator himself on the brink of insanity, and written by a master of the macabre clearly at the peak of his powers.

Guy de Maupassant est un auteur majeur, dont la marque sur la littérature française est indélébile. Ce qu'on connaît moins de lui... c'est son côté lubrique, pourtant très drôle. "À la feuille de rose, maison turque" est une farce grivoise, entre blague érotique et comédie de mœurs. Cette pièce de théâtre se déroule dans une maison close. Un jeune couple de bourgeois provinciaux s'imagine pouvoir passer sa nuit de noces dans un hôtel tranquille. Mal leur en prend ; il s'agit en fait d'un lupanar de la pire espèce.

Ces quelques nouvelles témoignent de la précision avec laquelle Maupassant s'attache à observer les femmes et de l'intérêt qu'il porte à leurs diverses existences. Elles trouvent toujours un angle de vision original pour nous faire toucher du doigt la vérité des expériences réinventées par la fiction.

Les contes de la Bécasse sont un recueil de dix-sept nouvelles, où l'auteur met en scène ses contemporains avec humour et férocité.

This is a story from the Normandy Stories collection. Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well - Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid color and with great warmth. Amusing, saucy, and sometimes even farcical they may be, but they are also capable of great pathos, often branching off to end tragically.

Guy de Maupassant's poignant love story of a doomed fascination between a hedonistic French artist and an eccentric English spinster. Miss Harriet is a mysterious and odd middle-aged lady who has taken up residence in an obscure corner of the French countryside, where she communes with nature and reads odd religious tracts. When a happy-go-lucky young French adventurer and artist comes to stay, Miss Harriet falls in love with him.

A peasant attending the market in the neighboring town stoops to pick up a piece of string from the road. Later that day, he is maliciously accused of picking up a lost pocketbook containing five hundred francs and some valuable business papers. Although he is innocent of the charge, and the pocketbook is later handed in to the mayor by the person who actually found it, the taint of the accusation remains. The more the man protests his innocence, the less he is believed.

A gentleman enjoying the morning over the River Seine waves to a steamer, and the nightmare begins. He believes he may be going insane, but then he begins to feel there is an entity that he cannot see invading his mind and his home. The entity is perhaps an invader from another world. Guy de Maupassant's tale of classic horror will enthrall you.

Selections include: "The Duel" and "The Umbrella" by Guy de Maupasssant; "The Schartz-Metterklume Method", "The Open Window", and "The Story Teller" by Saki; "The Scandal Monger" and "Verochka" by Anton Chekhov; and "The Wardrobe" by Thomas Mann.

En 1870, des Prussiens ont envahi la France et occupent le château d'Uville. Le major est le comte de Farlsberg. Il y a le baron de Kelweingstein et trois officiers de moindre grade : un lieutenant, Otto de Grossling ; deux sous-lieutenants, Fritz Scheunaubourg et le marquis Wilhem d'Eyrik, "un tout petit blondin fier et brutal avec les hommes".