Boitelle (Illustrated)

by Guy de Maupassant, First Rate Publishers (Editor)

Overview

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French writer who is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. Maupassant's stories are known for being efficient without wasting any words. Maupassant influenced other famous writers such as Somerset Maugham and O. Henry.

Many of Maupassant’s stories took place during the Franco-Prussian war of the 1870’s and they describe the futility of war and how it affected the innocent civilians. Although Maupassant was best known for his short stories, he also wrote six novels including the classic Bel Ami, which recently was transformed into a movie in 2011.

This edition of Guy de Maupassant’s Boitelle includes a Table of Contents and images of Maupassant.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014887564
Publisher:	First Rate Pubishers LLC
Publication date:	08/19/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	184 KB

About the Author

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a prolific French writer best remembered as a master of the short story and a father of the genre. He delighted in clever plotting and served as a model for later short story practitioners through favorites such as "The Necklace," "The Horla," "The False Gems," and "Useless Beauty." Maupassant wrote some 300 short stories, as well as six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse.