Did Hemingway 'Steal' from Maupassant, Flaubert and the Russians? Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde book tube

[@Hasan_mahmud50]

Nice

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Fascinating I need to read more Maupassant, Flaubert and Hemingway... Kafka was a great fan of Flaubert.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Never read any Kafka. Should put him on the tbr. Happy reading Jim.

[@willchambers8065]

It's definitely a good comparison from the sounds of the extract. It's interesting the delineation between Hemingway's writing and a contemporary of his such as Faulkner who portrays the opposite position of excessive adjectives and flowery language. I'm a fan of Hemingway so might have to see what these French writers have to say and how they say it.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

I would recommend Maupassant collected short stories. Also Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Turgenev. Hemingway thought Turgenev's description of country was excellent in this book. With Turgenev you start to see the peasant class and work being done. Most writing before that is just about the upper classes. Best wishes.

[@LibroParadiso-ep4zt]

Maupassant wrote war stories, too. Some are likely in your collection. Hemingway may be more indebted in style to Edgar Rice Burroughs's, who was widely read by his generation, especially the Tarzan books.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Don't think I've read any Edgar Rice Burroughs. Will check him out.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

The advice you quote from Flaubert does not match Maupassant's writing inasmuch as he frequently uses multiple adjectives, precisely weighted against one another, multiple verbs, too. Maupassant's syntax (in the original French) is far more complex than what one finds in Hemingway. There is also the glaring difference that Maupassant very much employs his imagination, as demonstrated by his many supernatural tales. What Maupassant, Flaubert, Hemingway and Stevenson all do share is each strives in their own way to be precise, which is one quality all great writers require.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Thanks for the great reply! Hope you are reading something good.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Just finished Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, two collections of Maupassant's short stories, and his last novel, Alien Hearts. Not sure what book's next...

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

@@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan Have you read Sketches from a Hunter's Album by Turgenev? It is a collection of short stories. Hemingway mentioned how good they were, particularly his description of countryside. They are not so much about hunting but the Russian countryside and the relationship between minor aristocrats and their peasants. Really wonderful writing. Look forward to your reviews of what you have read.

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Yes, I read some of them more than thirty years ago, but recall very little of them today.