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Strong as Death

Guy de Maupassant

Publisher: Enrico Conti

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"Strong as Death" is a melodramatic and intimate novel written by Guy de Maupassant in 1889. This is the penultimate novel by the French playwright. The protagonist is a painter who first falls in love with a countess and then begins to become obsessed with his relationship with the countess's daughter.In fact, the two women look very much alike and the protagonist finds himself unable to make a choice between them. The painter then lives a real inner drama combined with a destructive sense of guilt. These negative emotions, however, will lead him to increase his artistic creativity ...
Available since: 09/24/2019.

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