Guy de Maupassant
2) Le Horla
When her son is killed in action during the Frano-Prussian war, Mother Sauvage, wracked with grief, exacts revenge for her son's death on the innocent young Prussian soldiers quartered with her. Guy de Maupassant's moving "Mother Sauvage" is the haunting story of the tragic choice made by a grieving mother.
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...5) Une vie
7) The Horla
This chilling tale of one man’s descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so The Horla has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant’s mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it is clear that de Maupassant—hailed alongside Chekhov as father of the short story—was at the peak of his powers in this innovative precursor...
8) Bola de sebo
12) Le Baptême
13) Rencontre
14) Bel ami
I committed a crime, it is true, a mad crime, but are not insane jealousy, passionate love, betrayed and lost, and the terrible pain I endure, enough to make anyone commit a crime without actually being a criminal? Guy de Maupassant
A lover's most unlikely jealousy, a mother's patient wait for revenge, a young actress driven to destruction by a cruel husband, a story of jilted love and murder in a London lodging
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