by Clara Bell (Translator), Guy De Maupassant (Author)

Pierre et Jean is a naturalist or psycho-realist work written by Guy de Maupassant in tretat in his native Normandy between June and September 1887 . This was Maupassant's shortest novel. It appeared in three instalments in the Nouvelle Revue and then in volume form in 1888, together with the essay "Le Roman" "The Novel"]. Pierre et Jean is a realist work, notably so by the subjects on which it treats, including knowledge of one's heredity (whether one is a legitimate son or a bastard), the bourgeoisie, and the problems stemming from money.

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