MADEMOISELLE FIFI AND TWELVE OTHER STORIES: ML#008.1, May 1917, BONI AND LIVERIGHT ONE OF 12 TRUE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY BOOKS.

MAUPASSANT, GUY de, Written by (1850 1893) Ever Popular and Timeless French Writer considered Father of the Short Story

Published by New York: Boni and Liveright Publishers/The Modern Library Edition, May 1917 First Modern Library Edition.

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL TRUE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION with CATALOG #1, 12 TiTLES AT FRONT. Brown Leatherette; Gold BL Logo with Author and Title on spine in gold also; brown marble endpapers, small blemish on top corner of title page where price was written in ink was whitened out (see scan). ONE STORY FROM BEST SHORT STORY WRITER EVER: Maupassant describes the Prussian soldiers who have seized the château as crude, destructive, and rather stupid men who don't value the manor or its beautiful furniture and costly paintings and art objects. Nearly all of them are violent, brutish womanizers, but the story's narrator explains that possibly the worst of these men is the short and slender Count Wilhelm von Eyrick, whom the other soldiers nickname ''Mademoiselle Fifi.'' ALSO: Other stories included are: The Piece of String, Boule De Suif, Two Little Soldiers, Father Milon, Monsieur Parent, Useless Beauty, The False Gems, The Horla, A Sale, The Story of a Farm Girl, Simons Papa, and A Coward. Seller Inventory # 2324

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Title: MADEMOISELLE FIFI AND TWELVE OTHER STORIES: ...

Publisher: New York: Boni and Liveright Publishers/The Modern Library Edition, May 1917 First Modern Library Edition.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition