Pierre & Jean
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Pierre and Jean are two brothers who are very different in personality. Pierre is the older brother, and he is responsible and serious. Jean is the younger brother, and he is more carefree and irresponsible. When their father dies, he leaves his entire fortune to Jean, and Pierre is devastated. He cannot understand why his father would have left everything to Jean, and he begins to suspect that there is something more to the story. As Pierre investigates, he uncovers a web of secrets and lies that threaten to destroy his family.Book Details
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Guy de Maupassant
French Republic
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives...
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