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Introduction to the Works of Guy de Maupassant by Leo Tolstoy
Novels:
A Life
Bel-Ami (The History of a Scoundrel)
Mont Oriol
Notre Coeur - A Woman's Pastime
Pierre and Jean
Strong as Death
Novellas and Short Stories:
Boul De Suif
Simon's Papa
Suicides
On The River
Lieutenant Lare's Marriage
Two Friends
Father Milon
A Coup D"Etat
The Horrible
Madame Parisse
An Adventure in Paris
The Awakening
Crash
My Landlady
The Horla
Our Letters
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Opulence is sometimes deceiving. Madame Mathilde Loisel is displeased, she cannot go to a fancy party because she doesn't have anything to wear. Her husband tries to help her and gives her money to buy a new dress. She insists she also needs jewels so she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. After the party, Mathilde realizes that she lost the stunning necklace.
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 11 of 13, containing 13 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 6 of 13, containing 15 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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When her son is killed in action during the Frano-Prussian war, Mother Sauvage, wracked with grief, exacts revenge for her son's death on the innocent young Prussian soldiers quartered with her. Guy de Maupassant's moving "Mother Sauvage" is the haunting story of the tragic choice made by a grieving mother. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating...
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 7 of 13, containing 15 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 4 of 13, containing 12 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 2 of 13, containing 11 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 8 of 13, containing 19 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 12 of 13, containing 12 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Guy de Maupassant died insane due to venereal disease in 1893 at the young age of 43. He died but his great novels and particularly his short stories have endured. Anyone who loves fiction will enjoy this book including his great tales such as The Necklace and The Horla. (Amazon)
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This massive work in two volumes, includes all 180 short stories written by the nineteenth-century French master of the genre, Guy de Maupassant.
Guy de Maupassant is one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present.
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A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. He authored some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. The story "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat", 1880)...
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