Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassant
- ISBN-10
- 1593082223
- ISBN-13
- 9781593082222
- Category
- France
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-01
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Author
- Guy de Maupassant
Description
Guy de Maupassant is one of the few writers whose short stories--witty, economical, elegant, yet straightforward in style--are so forceful that his literary reputation can rest on them alone. Beneath their deceptively simple surfaces lies a deep understanding of the complexities of the human psyche. Maupassant explores the full panoply of late-nineteenth-century French society, from prostitutes in Parisian brothels and peasants in rural cottages, to adulterous aristocrats at expensive spas and patrician parties. This collection begins with "Ball-of-Fat," the first story Maupassant published under his own name. Called a masterpiece by his friend and mentor Gustave Flaubert, it instantly raised the young author to celebrity status and created a clamor for more of his work. He responded with over three hundred stories (and six novels) written in a dozen years. Among others included here are the favorites "The Necklace," "The Horla," "The False Gems," and "Useless Beauty."
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