TY - BOOK AU - Maupassant,Guy de TI - Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 08 AV - PQ PY - 2016/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - French literature -- 19th century N1 - Release date is 2016-08-08; Au soleil: La mer. Alger. La province d'Oran. Bou-Amama. La province d'Alger. Le Zar'ez. La Kabylie; Bougie. Constantine -- En Corse (inédit): La patrie de Colomba. Le monastère de Corbara (une visite au P. Didon). Les bandits corses. Une page d'histoire inédite -- Fragments: Aux eaux. En Bretagne. Le Creusot; Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 08" by Guy de Maupassant is a collection of literary works likely written in the late 19th century. This edition comprises several stories and essays, reflecting on themes such as the human condition, existential despair, and social observations, often infused with the author’s characteristic wit and incisive perspective on life and society. The opening of this volume presents a contemplative narrative where the protagonist grapples with existential ennui, expressing a profound discontent with the monotony and futility of everyday life. He ponders the inevitability of death and the repetitive nature of human existence, observing a neighboring family living in apparent complacency despite the passage of time. Desire for adventure leads him to contemplate travel, suggesting a yearning to escape the dreariness of life. The protagonist’s reflections set a tone of introspection and disillusionment that hints at the deeper themes explored throughout Maupassant's extensive body of work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52753 ER -