Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life by Guy de Maupassant
short stories by Guy de Maupassant
French writer Guy de Maupassant is famous for his short stories, which paint a fascinating picture of French life in the 19th century. He was prolific, publishing over 300 short stories and six novels, but died at a young age after ongoing struggles with both physical and mental health
Reading Form: The Accent (Guy de Maupassant)
Summary of the opening:
The story begins in a decaying house by the sea, once elegant but now neglected. Madame de Maurillac, once a celebrated beauty and flirt in Parisian society, lives there with her daughter Fabienne. After her husband’s suicide, she clings to fragile hopes of restoring their fortune through her daughter’s beauty and marriage prospects. The household is marked by faded grandeur — patched velvet chairs, rusty nails where portraits once hung, and servants who barely dust.
Selected passage
“It was a large sheltered house, with long white terraces shaded by vines, from which one could see the sea. Large pines stretched a dark arch over the ruined façade, and there was a look of neglect, of want, and wretchedness about the place, such as irreparable losses, departure to other countries, and death leave behind them.”
The book details :Author:Guy de Maupassant
Publication date: 1903
Company: New York: Review of Reviews Co.
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Table of Contents
1. Margot’s Tapers – p.2
2. The Accent – p.7
3. Bertha – p.13
4. In the Moonlight – p.26
5. The Artist’s Wife – p.33
6. In the Spring – p.42
7. A Repulse – p.51
8. Solitude – p.62
9. The Man with the Blue Eyes – p.69
10. The Old Maid – p.76
11. The Specter – p.89
12. The Relic – p.98
13. Happiness – p.105
14. A Duel – p.113
15. The Love of Long Ago – p.116
16. The Farmer’s Wife – p.127
17. Beside a Dead Man – p.137
18. A Queer Night in Paris – p.143
19. The Umbrella – p.147
20. The Question of Latin – p.169
21. He? – p.182
22. Letter Found on a Corpse – p.192
23. The Little Cask – p.200
24. A Fishing Excursion – p.209
25. After – p.216
26. The Spasm – p.224
27. My Uncle Sosthenes – p.229
28. All Over – p.243
29. The Horrible – p.252
30. The First Snowfall – p.261
31. Boitelle – p.273
32. A Lucky Burglar – p.286
33. An Odd Feast – p.291
34. Little Louise Roque – p.297
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