1911. Translated by Albert M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, and Mme. Quesada and others. French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Contents: Monsieur Parent; Queen Hortense; Timbuctoo; Tombstones; Mademoiselle Pearl; The Thief; Clair de Lune; Waiter a Bock; After; Forgiveness; Woman's Wiles; A Queer Night in Paris; That Costly Ride; Useless Beauty; The Father; My Uncle Sosthenes; The Baroness; Mother and Son; The Hand; A Tress of Hair; The Cripple; and Alexandre. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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GEORGE'S father was sitting in an iron chair, watching his little son with concentrated affection and attention, as little George piled up the sand into heaps during one of their walks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mademoiselle Pearl, Madame Chantal, Madame Maramballe, Madame Rosset, Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Twelfth Night, Bois de Boulogne, Madame Simon, Monsieur Chantal, Monsieur Flamel, Sir John Rowell, Hector de Gribelin, Bernard Grandin, Legion of Honor, Madame de Mascaret, Monsieur Limousin New!
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GEORGE'S father was sitting in an iron chair, watching his little son with concentrated affection and attention, as little George piled up the sand into heaps during one of their walks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mademoiselle Pearl, Madame Chantal, Madame Maramballe, Madame Rosset, Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Twelfth Night, Bois de Boulogne, Madame Simon, Monsieur Chantal, Monsieur Flamel, Sir John Rowell, Hector de Gribelin, Bernard Grandin, Legion of Honor, Madame de Mascaret, Monsieur Limousin New!
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- Monsieur Parent (Collection Folio) (French Edition) by Guy de Maupassant in Front Matter
- Monsieur Parent and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant in Front Matter
- Mademoiselle Fifi, and Other Short Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Guy de Maupassant on 5 pages
- The Art of Criticism: Henry James on the Theory and the Practice of Fiction by Henry James on page 209, page 212, and page 213
- The French Face of Joseph Conrad by Yves Hervouet on page 26, and page 120
- Original Short Stories Part 5 by Guy de Maupassant on page 1
- The Necklace and Other Tales (Modern Library) by Guy De Maupassant in Front Matter
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