- Paperback: 196 pages
- Publisher: Chatterley Press International (March 2006)
- Language: French
- ISBN-10: 0977716147
- ISBN-13: 978-0977716142
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,890,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The novel that marks the turning point in French fiction, "Pierre et Jean" is situated between social realism and psycholgical fiction. Set in Le Havre in the 1880s, Maupassant's masterful little novel is admired by many as a classic study of filial jealousy.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Exceptional book - Bad translation.,
By JWC (Spartanburg, South Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics Pierre And Jean (Paperback)
I love the book <<Pierre et Jean>>. I first read it in my Advanced Placement French Language/Literature class. After reading this particular English translation - the Penguin version - I was dismayed at the lack of English grammar the translator exhibited. The book has major grammar mistakes in almost every chapter. Some of these mistakes are not too picky either. For example, the subjunctive mood is often tossed aside by the author. I recommend the book to everyone, but please purchase a different translation - he didn't do the best job with this one. Enjoy!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good story,
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This review is from: PIERRE ET JEAN BAC 2000 (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is one of Maupassant's finest works. It concerns the intruiges between two brothers (Pierre et Jean) when Jean inherits a large sum of money from a "familly friend" whom Pierre secretly suspects of being the father of his brother Jean. A great book, and a very interesting look at French society in the mid 1880's.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting contrasts between filial and brotherly love,
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This review is from: Penguin Classics Pierre And Jean (Paperback)
Pierre and Jean was one of Maupassant's better-known works, but it was not one of his best. Pierre and Jean demonstrates qualities of an interesting novel in that there is a love triangle and a brotherly rivalry. Both men display something of an Oedipus complex, but are both strong and active characters. The father was created to be a flat and uninteresting personality, but the reader becomes very interested in his actions insofar as Maupassant makes a great game of mocking him and painting him as the typical bourgeois fool. Maupassant's strength is his characterization. In this, he mirrors Dickens. I recommend this book.
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