Contes de la bécasse

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Contes de la bécasse is a collection of short stories by French writer Guy de Maupassant, showcasing his realist style and often darkly ironic portrayals of 19th-century French society.

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instanceOf literary work
short story collection
author Guy de Maupassant NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Guy de Maupassant NERFINISHED
depicts 19th-century French society
genre realist literature
short stories
hasCharacteristic concise narrative style
dark irony
social critique
hasCulturalContext late 19th-century France
hasForm short story cycle
hasInfluenced later French short story writers
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasReception considered a classic of French short fiction
hasStyle economical prose
ironic distance
objective description
hasTheme class tensions
greed
hypocrisy
violence in everyday life
languageOfWorkOrName French
literaryGenre fiction
literaryMovement Realism
mainSubject human folly
irony of fate
rural life in Normandy
social inequality
notableFor realistic portrayal of everyday people
use of irony and twist endings
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Contes de la bécasse NERFINISHED
partOf French literature
partOfAuthorWork Guy de Maupassant short story collections NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 19th century
setInLocation France NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 19th century

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