{"product_id":"short-stories-by-guy-de-maupassant-folio-society-139","title":"Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Necklace and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, translated by Gerard Hopkins, 14 full-page drawings by Nigel Lambourne. Full lilac cloth with an illustrative design in purple by Lambourne. Dark green slipcase. 23.5 x 15.5cm. 320pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together short fiction by Guy de Maupassant, one of the masters of the nineteenth-century short story. His tales portray French life across social classes, from Parisian society to rural Normandy, often focusing on love, war, greed, vanity, poverty and chance. Maupassant's economical style, sharp observation and frequent irony reveal both the comedy and cruelty of ordinary human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216370876755,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421097902419,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/short-stories-by-guy-de-maupassant-folio-society-139","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}