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Opulence is sometimes deceiving. Madame Mathilde Loisel is displeased, she cannot go to a fancy party because she doesn't have anything to wear. Her husband tries to help her and gives her money to buy a new dress. She insists she also needs jewels so she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. After the party, Mathilde realizes that she lost the stunning necklace.
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 2 of 13, containing 11 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 8 of 13, containing 19 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 7 of 13, containing 15 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 4 of 13, containing 12 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 11 of 13, containing 13 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 6 of 13, containing 15 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Guy De Maupassant wrote some of the most twisted and freaky short stories of his day. This is Volume 12 of 13, containing 12 of his best stories. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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"Cette sélection de contes et nouvelles réalistes comprend les récits les plus célèbres et les plus étudiés de Guy de Maupassant.
Ils vous sont présentés suivant l'ordre chronologique de leur parution.
- Le papa de Simon : Simon est victime de harcèlement à l'école parce qu'il n'a pas de papa.
- Une aventure parisienne : une ménagère normande part seule à Paris, à la recherche du vice.
- L'aveugle : À la campagne, les infirmes...
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Beautifully simple and marvelously strong, the stories of Guy de Maupassant have enchanted generations around the world. One of the finest short story writers of all time, de Maupassant believed that the most heart-wrenching and powerful moments in life lay in the simple events of daily life, and he proved it by turning those moments into timeless stories. In addition to The Diamond Necklace, this collection includes six of de Maupassant's most popular...
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"Cette seconde sélection de contes et nouvelles réalistes comprend les récits les plus célèbres et les plus étudiés de Guy de Maupassant.
Ils vous sont présentés suivant l'ordre chronologique de leur parution.
- L'Orphelin : Mlle Source a recueilli un nouveau-né chez elle et s'est occupée de son éducation. Aujourd'hui, il a bien grandi. Mais quelque chose chez lui l'effraie sans qu'elle puisse se l'expliquer. Un jour, elle est retrouvée...
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"Les contes fantastiques de Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) comptent parmi les meilleures du genre en littérature française. Cet extrait de ""La Peur"" (seconde version) dans lequel l'auteur parle du romancier russe Tourgueniev, s'appliquerait parfaitement à lui-même : ""Avec lui, on la sent bien, la peur vague de l'Invisible, la peur de l'inconnu qui est derrière le mur, derrière la porte, derrière la vie apparente. Avec lui, nous sommes brusquement...
19) Bel Ami
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Guy de Maupassant, one of the 19th century's most admired French writers, is considered to be one of the fathers of the modern short story. Maupassant's stories are characterized by their wealth of style, clever plotting and effortless resolutions. Many of his stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge from catastrophe and change. "Bel Ami",...
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En la presente publicación, Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), narrador por excelencia de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX francés, nos da muestras de su dominio de todos los resortes del arte de narrar, con un estilo lingüístico y literario insuperable, de aparente sencillez pero difícil de conseguir. Esta compilación de sus más famosos relatos breves nos permite apreciar cómo su pluma cincela las frases como un buril grabando sobre cristal duro...
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