Life.

L.N. Tolstoy described Guy de Maupassant's first novel, a classic of 19th century French literature: "Une vie" ("Life") an excellent novel, not only the incomparably best novel of Maupassant, but hardly the best French novel after "Miserables" ("Les Misérables") by Hugo. The epigraph "Modest truth" and the theme of lost illusions - these are the main and shocking elements of this work about the family relationships of Baroness Jeanne and nobleman Julien.