Guy de Maupassant



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Guy de Maupassant

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born
August 05, 1850 in Dieppe, France

died
December 13, 1901

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

influences
Gustave Flaubert


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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant 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.


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Average rating: 3.83 · 14,691 ratings · 1,059 reviews · 636 distinct works
Bel-Ami
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 3,879 ratings — published 1885 — 179 editions
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The Necklace and Other Shor...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,270 ratings — published 1885
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Selected Short Stories (Pen...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 1956 — 6 editions
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Une Vie
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,114 ratings — published 1883 — 64 editions
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Boule de Suif (21 contes)
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 1880 — 29 editions
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Le Horla et autres contes f...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 1887 — 3 editions
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Pierre et Jean
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 1887 — 78 editions
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The Complete Short Stories ...
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1903 — 11 editions
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Le Horla et autres nouvelle...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 735 ratings — published 1886 — 83 editions
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La Parure
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1884 — 22 editions
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Quotes by Guy de Maupassant

“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
tags: insanity , mental-illness , sickness , thoughts
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“The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
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“Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
tags: insanity , loneliness , solitude
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