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This volume features all the shot stories of the master story-teller.
This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great French writers – Guy De Maupassant, Honore De Balzac, Victor Hugo, Anatole France and Pierre Louys. Though not necessarily representative of the authors complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers. The collection covers and extraordinary range of themes, styles and setting, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world ...
Widely hailed as a naturalist author, Maupassant based the subjects of his stories on the life he saw and lived-the Norman peasantry, Franco-Prussian War, bourgeoisie and fashionable Paris, among others. His stories are brief and transparent anecdotes, depicting a sweeping range-from the tragic to the comic aspects of life. Nearly every story is built around ordinary episodes from routine lives, and they offer insights into the unknown and hidden sides of his ...