5 French Masters

by Guy de Maupassant, Honore De Balzac, Victor Hugo

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This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great French writers â€“ 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 gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Guy de Maupassant

GUY DE MAUPASSANT was born on August 5, 1850 in Dieppe. He lived with his mother from the age of 11, as his parents separated. He studied law, but joined the army as a volunteer in the Franco-Prussian War. After the War, in 1872, he settled in Paris and worked as a civil servant for eight years. There he became close to the famed writer, Gustave Flaubert, who influenced him deeply. Maupassant's expansive body of work includes three hundred short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse. He died of syphilis on July 6, 1893.