Volume 19 · Available now
Contes de la Bécasse
Annotated
The complete seventeen-story Normandy collection, gathered around a hunters’ dinner and supported by notes on its frame narrative, rural life and social irony.
About the work
A landmark mystery, returned to its full narrative force.
At the Baron des Ravots’ table, a ritual grants each guest the right to tell a story. The seventeen complete tales move from comic appetite to cruelty and grief, held together by Maupassant’s sharp attention to speech and status.
Textual source. The complete seventeen-story French collection first published in 1883.
What this edition adds
Care around the text,
never over it.
The complete collection
Every text remains in its documented sequence, with the original voice and structure preserved.
Context after the reading
Concise notes illuminate language, history and form without interrupting the work or anticipating its effects.
A coherent visual world
Five monochrome plates echo the material detail and atmosphere of the collection.
Accessible by design
Reflowable text, semantic navigation, descriptive links and alternative text support flexible reading.