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Tales of the Woodcock (G.D. Maupassant)

Title: Contes de la bécasse
Author: Guy De Maupassant
Publisher: Albin Michel
Year: 1984
ISBN-13: 9782253006770
ISBN-10: 2253006777

Every autumn, an old hunter delighted his friends with woodcocks. The heads of these delicious birds were given to a single guest chosen by lot. And this guest, to compensate the others, had to tell a story. The sixteen short stories in this collection are almost all set in Normandy, where Maupassant lived a happy youth. His peasant hunters, his aristocrats, his rush weaver, his fishermen are captured in their daily lives. The madness of the woman who has lost her entire family, the sordid greed of the mistress of the little dog, the sad old age of the minuet dancers, the revenge of the wronged wife, Maupassant sees everything in the most poignant details. The famous author of Bel Ami gives us in this collection his best tales.
Preface by Jacques Chessex
Comments and notes by Louis Forestiers.

The pages have yellowed with the passage of time, and the book has a transparent adhesive protective cover. The pages are intact and show no signs of notes.