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The Best Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct ...Show more
The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; Charlotte Mandell (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Art of the Novella Ser.
Le Horla is a fantastic short story by Maupassant written in 1887. This is one of the last fantastic stories Maupassant wrote. The Horla is in the form of an unfinished diary that raises fears that its owner may have gone mad. The Horla marks the first signs of the madness of its author, Guy de Maupassa ...Show more
The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times by Guy De Maupassant
Category: Fiction
Widely considered to be the greatest short story writer in all of French literature, Guy de Maupassant helped define the modern short story, deeply influencing the likes of Chekhov, Maugham, Babel, and O. Henry. Yet despite his mastery of the form, existing English translations continue to render his pr ...Show more
The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times by Guy De Maupassant
Category: Fiction
Widely considered to be the greatest short story writer in all of French literature, Guy de Maupassant helped define the modern short story, deeply influencing the likes of Chekhov, Maugham, Babel and O. Henry. Yet despite his mastery of the form, existing English translations render his prose in an arc ...Show more