21m
My Uncle Jules
Author:
Guy de Maupassant (50)
Reader: Narek Baghdasaryan (289)
Category:
Prose (621)
Novella (67)
French literature (58)
Age Recommendation: 16+
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the modest Davranche family lives in Le Havre, Normandy, placing its hopes for a better future in Uncle Jules, who once left for America. His presumed fortune shapes the family’s conversations and plans. During a sea journey, an unexpected encounter forces them to reconsider kinship, poverty, social respectability, and the extent to which affection may be influenced by money and self-interest.