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Pierre et Jean
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For the 1943 French film adaptation, see Pierre and Jean (film).
Pierre et Jean is a naturalist or psycho-realist work written by Guy de Maupassant in Étretat in his native Normandy between June and September 1887. This was Maupassant's shortest novel.[1] It appeared in three installments in the Nouvelle Revue and then in volume form in 1985, together with the essay “Le Roman” [“The Novel”]. Pierre et Jean is a realist work, notably so by the subjects on which it treats, including knowledge of one's heredity (whether one is a legitimate son or a bastard), the bourgeoisie, and the problems stemming from money.
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