- Description and travel, France, description and travel, Descriptions et voyages, Résidences et lieux familiers
"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 This edition includes previously unpublished translations of three articles by Maupassant."--Jacket.
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Earnest, cool, warm and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Guy de Maupassant
- First published
- 1888
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- St. Dunstan Society, New York Review Books, G. Routledge and sons
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780828896238
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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
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