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A Parisian Affair
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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'Nowhere could she discover the dens of iniquity about which she had dreamed...' Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short stories in nineteenth-century literature. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.
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veritysalter
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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#GratefulReads - Day 20 - #ClassicYouHavetntRead - I‘m looking forward to getting round to this.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I haven‘t read it either!! 5y
OriginalCyn620 Haven‘t read this one either! (edited) 5y
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Lcsmcat
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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J‘attends Paris Combo!!!

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Simona
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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My #5fordinner party is thematically focused on the short stories and guests are masters of this genre: Alice Munro, Angela Carter, Guy de Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe and Roald Dahl. This could be interesting and funny evening.

Thank you @Moray_Reads for tag and who would you like to invite @QueenBook @speljamr @ju.ca.no @sacrilecious @Wbabdullah

MinDea I love Guy de Maupassant! Had to read him in my French literature class in school. 7y
Wbabdullah @simona Thanks for the tag! This is a hard choice to make! I'm on it though! 7y
Kalalalatja Angela Carter! I forgot her 🤦‍♀️ 7y
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QueenBook Thanks for the tag!!!! Let me dig up some good guest 7y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Suet624 Oh yes, Dahl, yes. 7y
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Simona
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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I had read, during the readathon, three of his short stories and I was thrilled so much that I bought last week this collection!

#ShortOnTimeShortStories #backtoreading

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SophieWaters
A Parisian Affair | Guy de Maupassant
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Yay, I got my first #PocketPenguins! I have to admit that I was a tad disappointed with the quality of them. Just carrying them from Foyles to home, the colours on the covers rubbed off and I had to get them replaced. Not sure how well they'll hold up to actual reading...