Une vie by Guy de Maupassant

"Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant is a novel serialized and published in 1883. It follows Jeanne, a sheltered Norman aristocrat consumed by romantic fantasies, who marries the handsome Viscount Julien. Her dreams of an idyllic future quickly crumble as she discovers her husband's cruelty, infidelity, and greed. Through betrayals by those closest to her, Jeanne's innocence dissolves into disillusionment. She pours her hopes into her son Paul, seeking meaning in a life marked by heartbreak and the gap between romantic ideals and harsh reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Title Une vie
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_vie_(Maupassant) Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_vie_(Maupassant)
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
Subject France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject Normandy (France) -- Fiction
Subject Life -- Fiction
Subject Women -- France -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 17457
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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