Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book
- ISBN-10
- 0486130800
- ISBN-13
- 9780486130804
- Series
- Best Short Stories
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-08
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Guy de Maupassant
Description
Seven masterly tales: "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif," and "Le Horla." In French, with new English translations on facing pages.
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