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  <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Gustave Flaubert]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>    <born_at>08/05/1850</born_at>  <died_at>12/13/1901</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Necklace and Other Short Stories]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Bel-Ami]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
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  <published>1885</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Selected Short Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.16</average_rating>
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  <published>1971</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Le Horla]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.99</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>158</ratings_count>
  <published>1962</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.41</average_rating>
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  <published>1970</published>  
  
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        <book id="74882">
  <title><![CDATA[Boule De Suif]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.74</average_rating>
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  <published>1880</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Une Vie]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>152</ratings_count>
  <published>1883</published>  
  
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        <book id="246414">
  <title><![CDATA[Pierre et Jean]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.59</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>137</ratings_count>
  <published>1962</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Le Horla et autres récits fantastiques]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.19</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>62</ratings_count>
  <published>1887</published>  
  
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        <book id="128627">
  <title><![CDATA[A Parisian Affair and Other Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy de Maupassant]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>35</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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