Pierre and Jean

Authors: Guy de Maupassant Author
Genres: Novel
Topics: Family, Men, Women & Sexuality, Nature, Holidays & Celebrations
Publisher: Gutenburg
Category: Secular
ISBN: GB00000003804,
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 60,
Synopsis: Pierre and Jean is a short realist novel by Guy de Maupassant. The relationship of two brothers to each other and to their mother begins to change when a family friend dies and leaves all his money to one brother, bringing his legitimacy into question. The novel is a psycho-realist portrayal of the power of heredity and money within relationships.
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