A Meeting

Name: A Meeting
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Guy de Maupassant
ISBN: 9781957934075

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 04/09/2022

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

A wife’s indiscretion is answered with cruel estrangement. Yet when the couple meets again six years later in a train car, as two strangers traveling together, the Baron discovers the magnitude of his loss.
Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story, using every literary device and turn of phrase with masterful effect. A Meeting is an elegant tale that explores the consequences of unbridled, and bridled, passion.

About Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was an extemely prolific French writer who is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. His stories range in length from one or two pages to a full-length novel. Free from sentimentality or idealism, they expose in minute detail the pretenses and vulgarity of the period's middle class and traditional low-down of the Norman peasants. De Maupassant's style is characterized by a simplicity and directness that is sometimes comic and ironic. His work reflects his interest in the emotional problems of all classes and his passion for women. He also excelled at revealing the hidden sides of people. His first short story, "Ball of Fat," is considered one of his best. He is also the author of "The Necklace," "The House of Madame Tellier," and the novel A Woman's Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shuggy L. on December 03, 2024

Baron Raymond d'Etraille and his wife have separated have been separated for several years. Suddenly they encounter each other again in a train carriage. Both of them going to the south of France. The Baron is going south for his health (Nice). He is around forty-five year's old. His wife is around thi......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 22, 2024

Guy de Maupassant’s A Meeting is a masterclass in brevity, capturing the fleeting nature of chance encounters and the unsettling surprises they can hold. True to his style, Maupassant layers his story with a quiet tension that sneaks up on you, leaving you contemplating its implications. The story re......more

Goodreads review by Tom on August 30, 2023

3.4⭐ Guy de Maupassant wrote two different short stories with the same title Rencontre translation "Meeting" (I.) One published on 5/26/1882 in Le Gaulois a French daily newspaper, and (II.) the other was published on 3/11/1884 in Gil Blas a Parisian literary periodical under the pseudonym Maufrigneu......more

Goodreads review by Vaishali on August 08, 2024

Finally someone paints a picture of men as they actually are to women : jerks. We have De Maupassant to thank for this, in a short story with a woman who gracefully walked away without loss of any dignity. Kudos to the author for telling it like it is… that too in the late 1800’s.......more