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Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (Aug 5, 1850 - Jul 6, 1893) was a popular French author who wrote under the pen name Guy de Maupassant. He is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story as well as one of its finest practitioners. His prolific and deeply admired body of work influenced a great number of writers including William ...
Feb 14, 2009 · 93 by Guy de Maupassant. Original Short Stories, Complete, Volumes 1-13 by Guy de Maupassant. Read now or download (free!) Choose how to read this book Url Size;
Mar 26, 2024 · Guy de Maupassant is regarded as the best French writer of short stories. His 300 stories were written in the naturalist style and often described the life of the lower and middle classes. “Boule de suif” (“Ball of Fat”) is regarded as his best story, while the best known is “La Parure” (“The Necklace”).
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Guy de Maupassant Short Stories. A Dead Woman’s Secret | 1,400 words. A dead woman’s adult children, a judge and a nun, sit vigil and read her old letters which reveal a secret from her past. Read “A Dead Woman’s Secret”. A Piece of String | 2,340 words. A man is walking to the market one day when he stops to pick up a piece of string.
by Guy de Maupassant. Two Friends is a melancholic story about loyalty in which Sauvage and Morissot share far more than a passion for fishing during wartime. Georges Seurat, Fishing in Troyes, 1883. Besieged Paris was in the throes of famine. Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the sewers were growing scarce.
Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb diamond necklace, and her heart began to beat with uncontrolled desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it around her neck, over her high-necked dress, and stood lost in ecstasy as she looked at herself. Then she asked anxiously, hesitating:
