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Une vie

Une vie
Guy De Maupassant Original title Une vie (French, 1883)

Une vie also known as L'Humble Vérité is the first novel written by Guy de Maupassant. It was serialised in 1883 in the Gil Blas, then published in book form the same year as L'Humble Vérité.

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“One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.”

Guy De Maupassant book Une vie

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