Linutile beauté (French Edition)

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A woman facing her suffocating husband. A repudiation to the idea of being a machine.

Guy de Maupassant mastered the art of writing short stories; he did it with simple plots, evocative descriptions mixed with elaborated philosophical reflections about the world and unexpected twists that leave you thinking about this author's creativity and ability to retain anyone's interest. As to ourselves, the more civilized, intellectual and refined we are, the more we ought to conquer and subdue that animal instinct, which represents the will of God in us.

And so, in order to mitigate our lot as brutes, we have discovered and made everything, beginning with houses, then exquisite food, sauces, sweetmeats, pastry, drink, stuffs, clothes, ornaments, beds, mattresses, carriages, railways and innumerable machines, besides arts and sciences, writing and poetry. Every ideal comes from us as do all the amenities of life, in order to make our existence as simple reproducers, for which divine Providence solely intended us, less monotonous and less hard.

From the strained atmosphere of an unwanted marriage to a couple of friends and their general meditations about human beings and their place in a world. A world created by a god whose real intentions are the main topic of their enthralling conversations. Some might find that odd, but I loved it. GdM and I had a rough start—I'm sensing an icy pattern here. But the stories I have recently found are echoing in my guilty conscious now. Such a talented writer to whom I haven't paid proper attention. View all 18 comments. I actually read a free online PDF version here.

The arguments are good ones, but they should have been woven into the short story more naturally to make the point that, initially, the comte does not value I actually read a free online PDF version here. The arguments are good ones, but they should have been woven into the short story more naturally to make the point that, initially, the comte does not value his wife as a person, but as an object and a means to continuing a dynasty. And, while some might see the comtesse as vain, she is more annoyed at her husband's jealousy and her exclusion from public life.

I wish to live like a woman of the world, as I have a right to do, as all women have the right to do. Jan 17, La Madriguera del Conejo rated it it was amazing. Short as it may be, the story is a biting satire of the lives of the French aristocracy which saw women as only baby-producing machines. Time may have passed but some things may not have changed in certain places even today!

This novella was my first reading of anything by Guy de Maupassant. Clearly it was a vehicle for the author to espouse his observations and beliefs. And in this cas, it worked well from the reader's standpoint as well as the author's. The guiding points, in my opinion are twofold: This was a quick look into Maupassant's version of feminism, I think.