A retelling of Guy de Maupassant · 1887

Mont-Oriol

“At a little spa in the volcanic hills of Auvergne, a financier builds a new health resort on a peasant's land, while his young wife, sent there to take the waters, falls passionately in love with her brother's friend — a love that will not survive the child it brings.”

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Contents6 episodes · ~13 min

  1. 1The Waters of Enval (Part One, opening chapters)Free
  2. 2A New Spring (Part One, middle chapters)🔒
  3. 3The Lovers (Part One, last chapters)🔒
  4. 4The Company (Part Two, opening chapters)🔒
  5. 5Two Sisters (Part Two, middle chapters)🔒
  6. 6The Child (Part Two, last chapters)🔒