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Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless outcomes.
Table of Contents:
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
Profitable Business
A Fashionable Woman
The Donkey
A Mother of Monsters
A Family Affair
The Mad Woman
The Bandmaster's Sister
The Cripple
A Cock Crowed
Words of Love
Miss Harriet
Mademoiselle Fifi
Pierrot …and many more
Plays:
A Tale of Old Times
A Comedy of Marriage
Musotte
Poems:
Des Vers
Travel Sketches:
Au Soleil: African Wanderings
La Vie Errante
Sur L'Eau: In Vagabondia
French Original Texts:
Une Vie
Pierre Et Jean
Mont-oriol
Notre Coeur
Fort Comme La Mort
Bel-ami
Mademoiselle Fifi
Madame Baptiste
La Rouille
Marroca
La Bûche
La Relique
Le Lit
Fou?
Mots d'Amour
Une Aventure Parisienne
Deux Amis
Nuit de Noël
Le Remplaçant
Boul De Suif
La Maison Tellier
Le Pere Milon
Le Diable
La Petite Roque
Lui?
Mademoiselle Pearl
Le Horla
Clair de Lune
Des Vers
Recollections of Guy de Maupassant by His Valet by François Tassart…
