Pierre Et Jean

The Focus Student Editions are designed for French language courses in literature and culture. Prepared with non-native French speakers in mind, these editions include an introduction (in French), the complete work, and linguistic and cultural notes in French, a current bibliography and study questions.A masterful example of the psychological novel in French literature, *Pierre et Jean* tells the tale of two brothers and the secret which nearly destroys their family. Maupassant's shortest novel, this 1887 realist work vividly pictures the French bourgeoisie, middle-class morality and the problem of money.