Afterthoughts: On Horseback and Other Stories

Marketed as a collection which illustrates de Maupassant’s versatility in writing, I offer my afterthoughts on this title from Capuchin Classics.

Devouring De Maupassant: Madame Tellier’s Establishment

Title: Madame Tellier’s Establishment
Date Read: 03 July 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: Run by the affable Madame Tellier, Le Maison Tellier is a small but popular bordello to be found in a small town on [...]

Devouring De Maupassant: That Pig of a Morin

Title: That Pig of a Morin
Date Read: 2 July 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: Returning from a trip to the French capital with his judgment clouded by lust, the shopkeeper Morin tries to kiss a [...]

Devouring De Maupassant: Two Little Soldiers

Title: Two Little Soldiers
Date Read: 2 July 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: Far from their Breton home, two soldiers from a local barracks set out every Sunday on foot, heading towards the countryside which reminds them [...]

Reading Journal: Fri 3rd July 2009

07:00 – Thank the Book Gods! My reading seems to have returned to its former state, and my neurons are zinging with delight as my eyes skim across the page. It’s been a strange couple of reading days, no doubt the a side effect of a frazzled brain, but all seems well again.
Revitalised [...]

Reading Journal: Thu 2nd July 2009

Firstly, my apologies for having not posted a reading journal entry for yesterday. The heat finally took its toll on me and left me a gibbering heap, unable to even think about picking up a book, let alone scribing my thoughts on it. Lessons are always learned though and I will not allow myself to [...]

Devouring De Maupassant: The Christening

Title: The Christening
Date Read: 24 June 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: An old ship’s surgeon gives a lesson on the evils of alcohol by relating a sorrowful tale of tragedy; one he witnessed while staying in [...]

Devouring De Maupassant: The Piece of String

Title: The Piece of String
Date Read: 24 June 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: It’s market day in Goderville and the country folk are flooding into town. Among them is Maitre Hauchecorne of Breaute, a frugal Norman [...]

Reading Journal: Wed 24th June 2009

07:00 – A Tolstoyan start to the day with a read through of Alyosha the Pot (can be read for free at Fifty-Two Stories). A great story, albeit short, but ohh so sad. Not a clever move starting off the day with such a depressing story perhaps, even if I did enjoy it. On a [...]

Devouring De Maupassant: Mademoiselle Fifi

Title: Mademoiselle Fifi
Date Read: 28 May 2009
Available Online?: YES (it should be noted though, that the version I read was from the Capuchin Classics edition On Horseback and Other Stories).
Briefly: This story focuses on the antics of a bunch of Prussian officers who are ‘holed up’ in the wealthy surroundings of a French chateau. With [...]

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