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- Title: Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse
- Author : Guy de Maupassant
- Release Date : January 26, 2015
- Genre: Fiction & Literature,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4561 KB
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A famous French writer Guy de Maupassant is remembered as the master of adventure novels and modern short stories, painting many aspects of French life in the 19th century. A prolific writer, Maupassant published over 310 short stories and novels during his lifetime.
“Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse” is a short story, written between 1882 and 1887. Maupassant, the narrator, meets a dying disciple of Schopenhauer, a German, at a resort. He is spending his last days reading Schopenhauer. He is temporarily escaping his earthly torments with the assistance of a work of genius, just as Schopenhauer suggests.
Together with others Maupassant’s stories, this one is devoted to the depiction of social flaws. Well-written and intriguing, this story will make fascinating reading for you.