The attraction that impelled him toward this girl a little resembled those obscure yet innocent desires that go to make up part of all the ceaseless and unappeasable vibrations of human nerves. His eye of the artist, as well as that of the man, was captivated by her freshness, by that springing of beautiful clear life, by that essence of youth that glowed in her; and his heart, full of memories of his long intimacy with the Countess, finding in the extraordinary resemblance of Annette to her mother a reawakening of old feelings, of emotions sleeping since the beginning of his love, had been startled perhaps by the sensation of an awakening. An awakening? Yes. Was it that?
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Maupassant's greatest novel,
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I read this book in French and consequently, I can't specify the translation is ok. But I can tell you Strong as Death is Maupassant's least known but greatest novel. The story of a painter from a lower class background, who can succeed in life because of his talent. He's lover to a countess, but she grews older and fears the painter fall in love with her daughter. Very profoundly described : the fear of growing old. When I see TV commercials for youth creams I can't help thinking it's still very topical. And feeling as a whole are very precisely described. Maupassant is THE best French writer.
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Olivier Bertin, Madame de Guilleroy, Duchesse de Mortemain, Marquis de Farandal, Comte de Guilleroy, Boulevard Malesherbes, Monsieur Bertin, Comtesse de Guilleroy, Inspector of Fine Arts, Monsieur de Musadieu, Pare Monceau, Amaury Maldant, Madame Mandeliere, Monsieur de Guilleroy New!
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- Strong as Death by Guy de Maupassant in Front Matter
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- Literature of the World: An Introductory Study by William L. Richardson on page 243
- The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics) by Ford Madox Ford in Back Matter
- The Books in My Life by Colin Wilson on page 252
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