Title: Don't ever buy this book
Product review: This book is possibly the worst purchase I have made on Amazon. First off, it is erronously advertised: it is nowhere in the ballpark of being the complete works of Maupassant; it is a 220 page text (extra large print) of some of Maupassant's more mediocre short stories, like "Ugly" or "An Artist's Wife." Secondly, the translation is poor: 'Victorianized' for turn-of-the-century bourgeoisie, it reads nothing like Maupassant, and the power of his naturalist prose is all but obliterated.My advice: stick to the French, or find a newer edition/ translation.
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