| Author | Guy de Maupassant |
| Translated by | David Coward |
| Publisher Series | Oxford World's Classics |
| Cover Artist | Édouard Manet |
| Cover photo | Artothek |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Printed by | BPC Paperbacks Ltd |
| Format | Mass-Market Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Oxford |
| Copyright | 1993 |
| This Edition Published | 1993 |
| Pages / Font | 252 pages |
| Price | £4.99 net in UK / $7.95 USA / $11.50 Canada |
| ISBN | 0-19-282923-8 |
| Barcode | 9 780192 829238 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | PQ2349.A4E5 1993 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 843'.8--dc20 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 92-10105 |
| Printer's Key | 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 |
