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Title: Mont - Oriol by Guy de Maupassant ISBN: 8-4887306-5-9 Publisher: Alba Pub. Date: February, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.70

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A good satire
Comment: If I hadn't been forced to read this book for my French course, it is likely I would have enjoyed my first reading a lot more (although if I had bought it sooner I probably would not have had to stay up all night in order to finish it on time). But at any rate, I have to admit it is a pretty good novel. There is a love story, well several loves stories actually, and all of them are rather harsh and cynical. Maupassant did not believe in love, and you can tell from "Mont-Oriol". But there is more to this novel than a mere love story. It is also a great satire of doctors and medical science. The action takes place in a spa in the nineteenth century. Throughout the story, we come across half-a-dozen doctors, all hilariously portrayed and stereotyped: there's the old-fashioned one, the hyper-modern one, the religious one, the Don Juan, etc. There are descriptions of "breakthrough" medical techniques of that time, such as auto-gymnastics, in which machines make your limbs move for you, so that you don't have to rely on your will-power. True anecdote, too! Also, I read the book in French, and I have to admit I do like Maupassant's style. It's very fluid and easy to read, surprisingly modern, very cynical and downright mean sometimes, but also containing very touching and beautiful passages. All in all, I definetely recommend it.

Rating: 3
Summary: A very entertaing classic book about love of all kind
Comment: This book is about a woman who is married to a cold businessman. He doesn't have time to love her and be dedicated to her. During the book the woman falls in love with a young man. She experiences love for the first time in her life. She gets sensual but also pregnant by him. Later, when she meets him again, but she is pregnant, he ignores her and his baby. He becomes cold and stops loving her. The story takes place in France in the 19th century. In the book there are also other characters who are involved, but none of them knows about the steamy passion between the two young lovers.