the superb story, so far as the description of a night is concerned, Sur l'Eau (On the River). Leo Tolstoy
On the River is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant. - AsNotedIn
One evening while we were walking on the banks of the Seine, I asked him to tell me some anecdotes of his nautical life. My good man immediately becomes animated, transfigures and eloquent, almost poetic. He had in his heart a great passion, an all-consuming, irresistible passion: the river.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/03/10 | Guy de Maupassant | Author | "On the River" by Guy de Maupassant is published in Le Bulletin Francais. |
| Particulars for On the River (short story): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Weather | Fog, mist | a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures visibility, Fog is more dense than mist | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Time | Night | period of darkness in each twenty-four hours the time from sunset to sunrise | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
| Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Language: | French | ||
| Activity | |
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| Activity Category | Boating |
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