Eleven classic short stories by the great French master of the form. Included are: ’One Evening, ‘ ‘The Devil, ‘ ‘A Sister’s Confession, ‘ ‘The Beggar, ‘ ‘The Drunkard, ‘ ‘The Adopted Son, ‘ ‘An Artifice, ‘ ’My Uncle Sosthenes, ‘ ‘Father Milon, ‘ ‘The Piece of String, ‘ and ‘Solitude.’
About the author
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was born near Dieppe, France. Arriving in Paris in 1871, he spent ten years as a clerk with the Department of the Navy, working on his fiction in his spare time. His early efforts so impressed Gustave Flaubert that the elder writer took him on as a protégé. His first collection of stories, published in 1881 was a great success. In addition to writing over 300 short stories—tales marked by objectivity and a highly controlled and economic style—he also published six novels and three travel books. Maupassant is considered one of the founders and finest exponents of the modern “naturalistic” short story.
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