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240 pages • first pub 1888 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781681370323
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publication date: 21 February 2017
Description
A devastating novel about the treachery of love by Maupassant, now in a new translation by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet and translator Richard HowardOlivier Bertin is at the height of his career as a painter. After making hi...
Community Reviews Summary of 86 reviews
Moods
sad 71%
reflective 57%
dark 42%
funny 14%
hopeful 14%
tense 14%
Pace
slow 42%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | Plot: 16% | A mix: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 83% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating
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240 pages • first pub 1888 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781681370323
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publication date: 21 February 2017
Description
A devastating novel about the treachery of love by Maupassant, now in a new translation by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet and translator Richard HowardOlivier Bertin is at the height of his career as a painter. After making hi...
Community Reviews Summary of 86 reviews
Moods
sad 71%
reflective 57%
dark 42%
funny 14%
hopeful 14%
tense 14%
Pace
slow 42%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | Plot: 16% | A mix: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 33% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 83% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.