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Guy De Maupassant
Geburtstag: 5. August 1850
Todesdatum: 6. Juli 1893
Henry René Albert Guy de Maupassant [gidəmopɑˈsã] war ein französischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Maupassant gilt neben Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert und Zola als einer der großen französischen Erzähler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er ist auch einer der am häufigsten verfilmten Autoren.
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„Diese Liebe ist etwas unwiderstehliches, zerstörerisches geworden, stärker als der Tod.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Like Death
Stark wie der Tod (Fort comme la mort), Teil 2, Kap. VI, vgl. gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/stark-wie-der-tod-2516/1 - Nach der Bibel, Hohelied 8,6: "Denn Liebe ist stark wie der Tod und Leidenschaft unwiderstehlich wie das Totenreich."
(Original frz.: cet amour est devenu quelque chose d'irrésistible, de destructeur, de plus fort que la mort.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/fort/fortc.htm
„Ein erlaubter Kuss ist niemals soviel wert wie ein gestohlener.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Confessions d'une femme
Die Beichte einer Frau (Confessions d'une femme) in Vater Milon und andere Erzählungen (Le père Milon) , vgl. gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/vater-milon-und-andere-erzahlungen-2528/13
(Original frz.: Un baiser légal ne vaut jamais un baiser volé.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/textes/confess4.html
„Ich kann nicht mehr wollen, aber jemand will für mich und ich gehorche.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Der Horla
Der Horla (Le Horla), Version von 1887 gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/2518/1
(Original frz.: "Je ne peux plus vouloir ; mais quelqu'un veut pour moi ; et j'obéis.") maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/textes/horla2.html
„Ich glaube, daß durch das Gefühl dem Geist einer Frau alles offenbar wird, nur bleibt es oft nicht darin haften.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Unser Herz
Unser einsames Herz (Notre cœur), 1. Teil, Kap. I gutenberg.spiegel.de http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/unser-herz-2533/1
(Original frz.: Je crois que le sentiment […] peut faire tout entrer dans l'esprit d'une femme ; seulement ça n'y reste pas souvent.) maupassant.free.fr http://maupassant.free.fr/coeur/coeurc.htm
„There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.“
"The Love of Long Ago"
Quelle: The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant
Kontext: There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.
„The same thing happens whenever the established order of things is upset, when security no longer exists, when all those rights usually protected by the law of man or of Nature are at the mercy of unreasoning, savage force.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: The same thing happens whenever the established order of things is upset, when security no longer exists, when all those rights usually protected by the law of man or of Nature are at the mercy of unreasoning, savage force. The earthquake crushing a whole nation under falling roofs; the flood let loose, and engulfing in its swirling depths the corpses of drowned peasants, along with dead oxen and beams torn from shattered houses; or the army, covered with glory, murdering those who defend themselves, making prisoners of the rest, pillaging in the name of the Sword, and giving thanks to God to the thunder of cannon — all these are appalling scourges, which destroy all belief in eternal justice, all that confidence we have been taught to feel in the protection of Heaven and the reason of man.
„For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town. They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces. The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms; they advanced in listless fashion, without a flag, without a leader. All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with fatigue the moment they halted.
„At the end of a short time, once the first terror had subsided, calm was again restored.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: At the end of a short time, once the first terror had subsided, calm was again restored. In many houses the Prussian officer ate at the same table with the family. He was often well-bred, and, out of politeness, expressed sympathy with France and repugnance at being compelled to take part in the war. This sentiment was received with gratitude; besides, his protection might be needful some day or other.
„The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy.“
— Guy De Maupassant, buch Boule de Suif
Boule de Suif (1880)
Kontext: Life seemed to have stopped short; the shops were shut, the streets deserted. Now and then an inhabitant, awed by the silence, glided swiftly by in the shadow of the walls. The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy.
„The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks.“
Variant translation:
She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born by a blunder of destiny in a family of employees. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, married by a man rich and distinguished; and she let them make a match for her with a little clerk in the Department of Education.
La Parure (The Necklace) (1884)
Kontext: The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction.
„Love is always love, come whence it may.“
"Miss Harriet"
Kontext: Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.
„A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.“
Quelle: Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
„The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.“
Quelle: The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
