Guy de Maupassant — Oeuvres de Guy de Maupassant

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1924-30. Cloth. Twenty-four volumes of the work of Guy de Maupassant in the original French, in smart uniform cloth bindings. Guy de Maupassant was a nineteenth century French author, mainly known for his many short stories as well as a representative of the Naturalist school. A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, his stories are often set during the Franco-Prussian war and denounce war and the effects on the citizens. He was an incredibly prolific author with three hundred short stories and six novels, as well as travel books and a volume of poetry. His most popular work is Boule de Suif, which was also his first published short story. The present is a collection of twenty-four of his works in uniform cloth bindings, including half titles. Each a later printing published in the 'Nouvelle Bibliotheque Flammarion' series between 1924 and 1930, some dated from Jisc.The following titles are included: La Vie Errante; La Petite Roque; Les Dimanches d'un Bourgeois de Paris; Les Soeurs Rondoli; Misti; Boule de Suif; Contes de la Becasse; Mont-Oriol: Roman; Au Soleil; Le Pere Milon; Le Horla; Bel-Ami: Roman; Fort Comme la Mort: Roman; Theatre: La Paix du Menage; Musotte; Histoire du Vieux Temps; Contes du Jour et de la Nuit; Pierre et Jean: Roman; Une Vie: Roman; Monsieur Parent; Toine; La Maison Tellier; Sur l'Eau: Roman; Miss Harriet; L'Inutile Beauté; Le Rosier de Madame Husson.  In uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean but browned, as usual due to the type of paper used. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .