תיאור
Thirty-three stories move between Parisian society, the Normandy countryside and the French Riviera, exposing the shifting motives behind love, family ties and social ambition. Maupassant's humour and irony reveal generosity alongside greed and hypocrisy in tales such as A Parisian Affair, The Jewels, At Sea and Boule de Suif. Siân Miles's translation is accompanied by an introduction and notes.