
by Guy de Maupassant · Alba Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788411782098
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A Life, written by Guy de Maupassant, is a novel that tells the story of Jeanne, a young woman who returns from boarding school full of illusions and faces the harsh realities of marriage and life in 19th-century Norman society. Through her experience, Maupassant explores themes such as disillusionment, infidelity, and the social conventions that imprison women. Considered one of the best French novels since Les Misérables, this work offers an intimate and moving look at the life of a woman trapped in a world of archaic customs.

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.