Guy de Maupassant
2) The necklace
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A husband and wife enter into a life of hardship in order to repay the debt incurred in replacing a borrowed diamond necklace only to learn, ten years later, the irony of their situation. Includes an analysis of the story and a biography of the author.
5) Bel ami
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy's rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier by using the city's most influential and wealthy women. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, Duroy seduces Madame de Marelle then marries Madeleine Forester a former comrade's wife. Fueled by his insatiable quest and lustful greed, Duroy conquers Madame Walter, only to learn that every conquest is marred by betrayal and...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (7.4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reginald on house parties / Saki - The Sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde -- Tobermory / Saki -- On being idle / Jerome K. Jerome -- For better or worse / W. W. Jacobs -- The model millionaire / Oscar Wilde -- The garden of truth / E. Nesbit -- The cat that walked by himself / Rudyard Kipling -- The girl from Arles / Alphonse Daudet -- Mr. & Mrs. Dove / Katherine Mansfield -- Georgie Porgie / Rudyard Kipling -- Caterpillars / E. F. Benson -- Lost...
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Los cuentos de terror nos han acompañado desde la noche de los tiempos. Con el paso de los años, el cuento de miedo creó arquetipos y forjó un lenguaje narrativo común que desembocó en la auténtica edad de oro del género que fue el siglo XIX. Tuvieron que llegar grandes maestros como H. P. Lovecraft para que el paradigma cambiase, pero el fondo siempre era el mismo: el miedo a lo desconocido. En esta selección encontramos 18 relatos, testimonios...
