This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at 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, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in the annals of story-telling, Maupassant stands 'like a lion in the path'.
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Original Language: French
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LAST summer I rented a small country house on the banks of the Seine several leagues downstream from Paris and each evening I travelled down to spend the night there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Madame Caravan, Mademoiselle Pearl, Monsieur Marin, Madame Dufour, Madame Chantal, Madame Oreille, Monsieur Chantal, Monsieur Dufour, Monsieur Oreille, Madame Loisel, Monsieur Leras, Captain Epivent, Madame Forestier, Monsieur Chenet, Monsieur de Varnetot, Monsieur Massarel, Privy Council, Twelfth Night, Monsieur Renardet, Arc de Triomphe, Madame Braux, Madame Simon, Monsieur Putoin, Bois de Boulogne, Doctor Parent New!
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LAST summer I rented a small country house on the banks of the Seine several leagues downstream from Paris and each evening I travelled down to spend the night there. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Madame Caravan, Mademoiselle Pearl, Monsieur Marin, Madame Dufour, Madame Chantal, Madame Oreille, Monsieur Chantal, Monsieur Dufour, Monsieur Oreille, Madame Loisel, Monsieur Leras, Captain Epivent, Madame Forestier, Monsieur Chenet, Monsieur de Varnetot, Monsieur Massarel, Privy Council, Twelfth Night, Monsieur Renardet, Arc de Triomphe, Madame Braux, Madame Simon, Monsieur Putoin, Bois de Boulogne, Doctor Parent New!
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- Miss Harriet by Guy de Maupassant in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- La Maison Tellier Une Partie de Campagne (French Edition) by Guy de Maupassant in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Maupassant: A Lion in the Path by Francis Steegmuller in Front Matter
- The Short Story (Critical Idiom) by Ian Reid in Front Matter
- In the Country (Creative Short Stories) by Guy de Maupassant in Front Matter
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- Film Structure and the Emotion System by Dr Greg M. Smith on page 122, and Back Matter
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