Guy De Maupassant | The Best Short Stories
- © Wordsworth Editions Limited 1997 and 2011
- With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus 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 style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed.His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.Short Stories include:Boule de SuifTwo FriendsMadame Tellier’s EstablishmentMadamoiselle FifiClair de LuneMiss HarrietThe NecklaceMadamoiselle PearlThe Piece of StringMadame Husson’s ‘Rosier’That Pig of a MorinUseless BeautyThe Olive OrchardA SaleLoveTwo Little SoldiersHappiness
- • Language: English
• Size: 13 x 20 cm
• Pages: 200
• Paperback
• First edition: 1997
• Year: 2011