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Guy De Maupassant
Book List in Order: 75 titles
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A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
- Jun-2004
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Set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeousie, and the isolated villages of rural Normandy that de Maupassant knew as a child, the thirty-three tales in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant short ...
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Mother Sauvage
- Apr-2014
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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 ...
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A Cremation
- Jun-2014
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Last Monday an Indian prince died at Etretat, Bapu Sahib Khanderao Ghatay, a relation of His Highness, the Maharajah Gaikwar, prince of Baroda, in the province of Guzerat, Presidency of Bombay. For about three weeks there had been seen walking in the...
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The Drunkard
- Jun-2014
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The north wind was blowing a hurricane, driving through the sky big, black, heavy clouds from which the rain poured down on the earth with terrific violence. A high sea was raging and dashing its huge, slow, foamy waves along the coast with the rumbl...
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Madame Hermet
- Jun-2014
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Crazy people attract me. They live in a mysterious land of weird dreams, in that impenetrable cloud of dementia where all that they have witnessed in their previous life, all they have loved, is reproduced for them in an imaginary existence, outside ...
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The Magic Couch
- Jun-2014
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The Seine flowed past my house, without a ripple on its surface, and gleaming in the bright morning sunlight. It was a beautiful, broad, indolent silver stream, with crimson lights here and there; and on the opposite side of the river were rows of ta...
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A Mother of Monsters
- Jun-2014
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I recalled this horrible story, the events of which occurred long ago, and this horrible woman, the other day at a fashionable seaside resort, where I saw on the beach a well-known young, elegant and charming Parisienne, adored and respected by every...
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The Mountain Pool
- Jun-2014
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You asked me to write to you often and to tell you in particular about the things I might see. You also begged me to rummage among my recollections of travels for some of those little anecdotes gathered from a chance peasant, from an innkeeper, from ...
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The Wardrobe
- Jun-2014
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As we sat chatting after dinner, a party of men, the conversation turned on women, for lack of something else. One of us said: "Here's a funny thing that happened to me on, that very subject." And he told us the following story: One evening last wint...
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Femme Fatale
- Feb-2015
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A selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range...
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The Man with the Pale Eyes
- May-2017
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This unique collection of the greatest mysterious dark tales, supernatural stories & horror classics has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Get ready to be spooked and thrilled by the greatest master story-tellers: Ghost St...
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Ball-Of-Tallow
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor p...
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A Country Excursion
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother riske...
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Donkey; Moiron; The Dispenser of Holy Water
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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A Family Affair
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Hairpin and Other Stories
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Heritage
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Inn
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Lancer's Wife
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Little Louise Rogue
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Madame Husson's "Rosier"
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Mademoiselle Pearl
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Maison Tellier
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Miss Harriet
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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My Uncle Jules and Other Stories
Admired as "the greatest French short story writer," and emulated by Somerset Maugham and O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a master of plot construction and a keen recorder of life, translating his observations into finely crafted short st...
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Necklace and Other Short Stories
The French author Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a master of the short story, creating detailed character studies and brief but moving dramas well suited to the genre.The nine stories in this collection provide a vivid portrait gallery of his typi...
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The Odd Number
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Old Amable
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Prisoners
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Rondoli Sisters
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Second Odd Number
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Selections From Guy De Maupassant
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Short Stories Of The Tragedy And Comedy Of Life, Volume Ii
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The Story of a Farm Girl
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Sundays of a Bourgeois
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Useless Beauty
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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Yvette
"But now, all at once, Servigny, by a few words, the brutality of which she felt without understanding them, awakened in her a sudden disquietude, unreasoning at first, but which grew into a tormenting apprehension. She had fled home, had escaped lik...
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Alien Hearts
Alien Hearts was the last book that Guy de Maupassant finished before his death at the early age of forty-three. It is the most original and psychologically penetrating of his several novels, and the one in which he attains a truly tragic percep...
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Bel-Ami
Bel Ami, written at the height of Guy de Maupassant's powers, is a classic novel of seduction, intrigue, and ruthless social climbing in belle époque Paris. Georges Duroy is a down-and-out journalist from a humble background who engineers a stunning...
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Boule de Suif
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother riske...
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Countess Satan and Other Tales
Maupassant has been called a literary nihilist -- but (and this is the second trait of his singular genius) in him nihilism finds itself coexistent with an animal energy so fresh and so intense that for a long time it deceives the closest observer...
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The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
In a new translation by Arnold Keller all the tales of terror by Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short story writer, are collected here in one volume. These 31 stories of the supernatural explore the furthest reaches of the macabre and at the sa...
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A Day in the Country and Other Stories
This selection of twenty-seven stories in a lively new translation shows Maupassant as his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, ...
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The Diamond Necklace
The Diamond Necklace is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's f...
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The Diary of a Madman
The Diary of a Madman is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's ...
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The False Gems
"The False Gems" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's fines...
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Farewell
Farewell is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest expone...
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Father and Son and Other Stories
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style an...
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The Gamekeeper
"The Gamekeeper" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's fines...
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The Horla and Others
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a reputation as France’s preeminent short story writer, an artist whose cynical and macabre visions paralleled those of Hoffmann and Poe, and directly infl...
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In the Moonlight
"In the Moonlight" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's fin...
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The Marquis de Fumerol
"The Marquis de Fumerol" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form...
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Monsieur Parent And Other Stories
This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880''s. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked so...
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The Moribund
"The Moribund" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest ...
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The Old Maid And Other Stories
"A selection of 35 of Guy de Maupassant's finest short stories, including ""The Old Maid,"" ""The Awakening,"" ""In the Spring,"" ""Rust,"" ""The Man with the Blue Eyes,"" ""The Carnival of Love,"" and many more"...
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On Horseback and Other Stories
At once uplifting and depressing, cynical and idealistic, humorous and thought-provoking, the one thing these stories have in common is that they each leave the reader with a new insight into the human condition. The title story examines contempor...
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A Parisian Bourgeois' Sunday and Other Stories
A collection of stories by one of France’s greatest short-story writers -- the long title piece never having been available in English before....
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The Piece of String
"The Piece of String" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's ...
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Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean is a short realist novel by Guy de Maupassant. The relationship of two brothers to each other and to their mother begins to change when a family friend dies and leaves all his money to one brother, bringing his legitimacy into questio...
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Strong as Death
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His grace of manner, all his habits of life, the care he devoted to his person, his long-standing reputation for strength and agility as a swordsman and an equestrian, had added further attractions to his steadily growing fame. After his ...
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Theodule Sabot's Confession
"Theodule Sabot's Confession" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the...
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The Trip of the Horla
"The Trip of the Horla" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 - 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's f...
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Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories
Zola had contributed the manuscript of the "Attaque du Moulin," and it was at Maupassant's house that the five young men gave in their contributions. Each one read his story, Maupassant being the last. When he had finished Boule de Suif, with a sp...
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Who Knows?
"Who Knows?" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest ex...
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The Wolf
"The Wolf" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest expo...
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Woman's Heart
This volume contains a beautiful collection of poetry written by Guy de Maupassant. The poems of this compendium were originally published in magazines and newspapers, and were collected and published in this book in 1920. Henri René Albert Guy de M...
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The Wreck
"The Wreck" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exp...
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The Wrong House
"The Wrong House" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri RenĂ© Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â€" 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's fine...
