Pierre et Jean

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Pierre et Jean is a psychological realist novel by Guy de Maupassant that explores family tensions, jealousy, and identity in late 19th-century France.

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Pierre et Jean canonical 2

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instanceOf novel
psychological realist novel
adaptation film adaptations
television adaptations
author Guy de Maupassant
centralConflict discovery of a contested inheritance
revelation of a family secret
containsElement inheritance dispute
marriage prospects
moral dilemma
countryOfOrigin France
firstPublicationForm serial publication
firstPublisherCountry France
genre psychological fiction
realist fiction
hasPreface Le Roman
hasSiblingProtagonists true
languageStyle clear realist prose
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Realism
literarySignificance key psychological novel in Maupassant's oeuvre
major work of French realism
mainCharacter Gérôme Roland
Jean Roland
Louise Roland
Madame Rosémilly
Pierre Roland
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor concise psychological analysis
detailed depiction of petty bourgeois life
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Pierre et Jean
placeInAuthorCareer middle period of Guy de Maupassant's career
protagonistProfession doctor
lawyer
publicationYear 1888
settingCountry France
settingLocation Le Havre
settingPeriod late 19th century
structure two-part narrative
targetAudience adult readers
theme bourgeois society
family tensions
identity
illegitimacy
inheritance
jealousy
sibling rivalry

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Guy de Maupassant notableWork Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean originalTitle Pierre et Jean