by Guy de Maupassant · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081494862
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«Pierre et Jean» is the classic novel by Guy de Maupassant, published by Flammarion in paperback (255 pages, in French).
Pierre and Jean, sons of former shopkeepers retired in Le Havre, lead a peaceful life. When a family friend leaves his entire fortune to the younger, Jean, the elder, Pierre, feels consumed by jealousy. His investigation into the inheritance threatens family harmony and uncovers hidden tensions.
Complete text from the Étonnants Classiques collection, with pedagogical dossier: text explanations, groupings on realism and naturalism, and photographic notebook. Originally published in 1888.
Study edition aimed at secondary and high school students addressing realism and naturalism in French literature.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
