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The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
1903. Part One contains Volumes I-IV of X. French author of the naturalistic school, Maupassant is generally considered to be the greatest French short story writer of his day. The Complete Short Stories contains the 300 short stories Maupassant wrote during the 1880s, including his horror fiction, which consists of some 39 stories, only a tenth of his total. See other tit...more
Paperback, 520 pages
Published
March 1st 2005
by Kessinger Publishing
(first published January 1903)
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I am re-reading these slowly and one at a time with breaks between because, as my friend Dominique in book club says, each one is horrible, giving you a jolt and leaving a deliciously bad taste in your mouth at the end. Never think for a moment they are pleasant stories of a time past in France. Think vanity. Think prejudice. Think smugness and just deserts.
These short stories are fantastic. I could only read a couple at a time because I often had to think about it. It also contains the novelette "Ball of Fat" which is really good. Very readable and I can't believe I have never read Guy de Maupassant before. Available for free download on Kindle. I also downloaded his novel Bel Ami but haven't read it yet.
Possibly the best short story writer I have ever discovered! Right up there with Poe and London. I am just beginning this book, but Roly Poly is a great story, and so is The String. Wonderful insights offered by the author into human nature.
I didn't finish it. Started reading it straight through, and after about 100 pgs, started skipping around, and then I gave up. Some are very well written, some are odd, but most are sensual in some way.
I just have to say everyone should read Maupassant he is insightful and so honest it can hurt. I only wish i could read him in French!
Classic French writer. His stories are often ironic.
Apr 30, 2009
Irene Hollimon
marked it as books-i-didn-t-finish
it was on mama's bookshelf so I gave it a try
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I absolutely enjoy reading his short stories, especially because he describes the characters and the scenery so vividly. Here are some of my favorites: The Necklace(of course), Bellflower, and Le Horla. Because his stories are considered public domain, you can legally download many of his stories from here: http://manybooks.net/search.php?searc...
I encourage you to at least read one story if you aren't familiar with his work. Promise you'll like it!
I encourage you to at least read one story if you aren't familiar with his work. Promise you'll like it!
I always love reading de Maupassant's stories. There is always something of perfection in nearly every one. The stories are always driven by their characters, which are always genuine. He seemed to see people above and beyond their time or place, their class or gender. He was such a humane writer, even at his most cynical. You get the feeling he loved his stories and the people in them.
i read and re-read this book all the time.
i first read the story "ball-of-fat" around 2002... from it, i learned about fairness and the vicious nature of the group mentality. a sort of prostitute's rights primer in fiction.
de maupassant is my favorite moralist. in two or three pages he can turn the human machine inside out and expose its cogs to the light of day. brilliant.
i first read the story "ball-of-fat" around 2002... from it, i learned about fairness and the vicious nature of the group mentality. a sort of prostitute's rights primer in fiction.
de maupassant is my favorite moralist. in two or three pages he can turn the human machine inside out and expose its cogs to the light of day. brilliant.
Guy de Maupassant is a master of the short story. Set often in the towns and countryside of wartime France, the stories are painful and revealing without ever being mocking. He understands human questions with poignant depth. The stories are thoroughly enjoyable as well as "classics."
These are important to read for any student of writing as well.
These are important to read for any student of writing as well.
I found an old copy of his short stories in White Elephant (how Berkeleyish of me) and I started reading them before bed. I've found that they work as a sedative if I read them aloud to Chris, but if you actually pay attention, they are great stories. I recently read one about an antique collector who goes insane over a lock of hair found hidden in an old dresser.
Maupassant is my favorite short story teller.
I was surprised to find de Maupassant in my "read" list since I keep this by my bed to open for literary sustenance the way that other people bible dip, but I suppose that it is not the only thing that I have read that I am also always currently reading. There is also Donald Barthelme.
DeMaupassant is one of those short story writers like Poe and O Henry, who very much reflect their time. I think this French writer is better, and everybody should read him.
Stories that transcend time and place. M. even gets into the supernatural and madness. Get acquainted with an author usually anthologized for his most popular short stories.
There are 76 stories in this first volume. I didn't find any that I didn't enjoy.
This is one of the best short story writers. "The Necklace" is a favorite.
If only I knew French -- but they are good in English too.
My favorite of his stories is "Who Knows?"
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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 i...more
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