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    Pierre et Jean

    By Guy de Maupassant

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    Une édition de référence de Pierre et Jean de Guy de Maupassant, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.

    « Jean, aussi blond que son frère était noir, aussi calme que son frère était emporté, aussi doux que son frère était rancunier, avait fait tranquillement son droit et venait d’obtenir son diplôme de licencié en même temps que Pierre obtenait celui de docteur. […]
    Mais une vague jalousie, une de ces jalousies dormantes qui grandissent presque invisibles entre frères ou entre sœurs jusqu’à la maturité et qui éclatent à l’occasion d’un mariage ou d’un bonheur tombant sur l’un, les tenait en éveil dans une fraternelle et inoffensive inimitié. »
    (Extrait du Chapitre I.)
    LanguageFrançais
    PublisherCandide & Cyrano
    Release dateJan 1, 2012
    ISBN9782806238436
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    Guy de Maupassant

    Guy de Maupassant was a French writer and poet considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern short story whose best-known works include "Boule de Suif," "Mother Sauvage," and "The Necklace." De Maupassant was heavily influenced by his mother, a divorcée who raised her sons on her own, and whose own love of the written word inspired his passion for writing. While studying poetry in Rouen, de Maupassant made the acquaintance of Gustave Flaubert, who became a supporter and life-long influence for the author. De Maupassant died in 1893 after being committed to an asylum in Paris.

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    • 4/5
      A sibling rivalry between two brothers gets worse when one is named sole heir in a will by a family friend. The novel explores jealousy, 19th century honor, and buried family secrets. There are moments of brilliance, such as the group’s outing to the beach to hunt for shrimp, but I think Maupassant would have been more successful if he had further tightened up this novel into a short story. Just this quote, on love lost:“Ah, remorse! remorse! It must have tortured her long ago in the early days, then faded as everything does. She would certainly have wept for her misdeeds and then she had gradually forgotten. Have not all women, every one of them, this gift of prodigious forgetfulness which enables them scarcely to recognize after a few years the man to whom they have given their lips and their whole body to kiss? The kiss strikes like lightning, love pass over like a storm, then life clears again like the sky and goes back to where it was before. Does anyone remember a cloud?”
    • 4/5
      Not quite top tier Maupassant, but still very good. Though a brief 130 pages the middle section of the novel lags slightly as the author slightly drags out whether or not Pierre will say what he feels to be true (a slight disappointment from the usually brief Norman). However Maupassant more than makes up for that dip in the middle with an extremely touching ending. Not as good as Bel-Ami or A Life but still a highly recommended novella.
    • 3/5
      an insightful and straightforward psychological, realism novel. the characters are built up effectively, and there's a sufficient and realistic amount of tension. I know it's so unfair but I totally identify w Pierre and simply abhor Jean and the mother. the style, imho, is not the most notable though.
    • 5/5
      A story about jealousy between two brothers. The younger is left a fortune by a friend of the family who is his natural father. The elder is tortured by envy and more than a bit self righteous about their mother's betrayal of her husband , his father.excellent read
    • 4/5
      A little gem of a short novel from this author much more renowned for his short stories. It simply concerns the jealousy between two brothers that arises when a friend of their parents dies and leaves all his money to one of the brothers, but is very simply and well told.
    • 4/5
      This novel opens with a family outing. The outing is uneventful, but we learn a lot about the characters. The father is a silly old man, harmless but not to be taken seriously. The mother is serene and kind. Her two adult sons adore her. The sons, Pierre and Jean, also love each other, but are a bit competitive.When the family returns home, they learn that a wealthy family friend, Marechal, has died and has left his entire estate to the younger son, Jean. At first, Pierre is jealous in a way that might be expected in these circumstances, but his feelings soon develop into something much more sinister--he begins to suspect that Jean may have been Marechal's son, the result of an illicit affair between their mother and Marechal. "It was no longer jealousy that made him seek an answer, nor the rather unworthy but natural envy he knew was hidden inside him and that he had been fighting for three days, but a terror of an appalling thing. Terror of believing that his brother Jean was the son of this man."There follows a psychological game of cat and mouse between Pierre and his mother, of which his father and Jean remain blissfully ignorant for the most part. There is very little action, and most of the narration takes place in Pierre's mind. This is a masterful work. De Maupassant is able to convey so much in so view words, and on such a small stage. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      This story is set in the Normandy coast land and features a look at the family of brothers Pierre and Jean. Pierre is the older brother and is 30 described as dark, doesn't know what he wants and has started one career after another and currently is now a doctor but he has not established a career yet. He is ill tempered but very fond of his mother. He also is fond of knowledge and intelligence. Jean is 25 year old and fair haired and calm. He is a lawyer and has not launched his career either. Mother is Louise and she is married to Gerome Roland and former jeweler who is a sailor wanta be. Roland is impervious to everything and admires nothing more than leisure. In addition, there is the widow Miss Rosemilly, 23 y/o woman who is described as strong and agile with a wealth of her own. She is also described as a hunter and certainly is better at hunting prawns that Jean. The older brother has always been jealous of his younger brother but this is exasperated when Jean becomes the sole heir to a family friend's estate. This is a story of jealousy and the harm that can come from family secrets and jealousies. A couple of quotes that I liked;"I'm taking lessons, learning how a man prepares himself to be a cuckold." and"How ugly life is! If for once you find a little sweetness in it you are wicked to enjoy it and pay very heavily for it later. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the Normandy coastline, the homeland of the author