L'inutile beauté

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useless_Beauty Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Inutile_Beaut%C3%A9 Release date is 2004-02-01

L'inutile beauté -- Le champ d'oliviers -- Mouche -- Le noyé -- L'épreuve -- Le masque -- Un portrait -- L'infirme -- Les 25 francs de la supérieure -- Un cas de divorce -- Qui sait?

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"L'inutile beauté" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story published in 1926. It follows Countess de Mascaret, who after bearing seven children in eleven years of marriage, confesses a devastating secret to her husband: one child is not his. She refuses to reveal which one, wielding this uncertainty as a weapon against a man she believes has reduced her to a "baby factory." The story explores themes of beauty, power, and marriage through their tense psychological battle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century

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