Eleven Stories (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Guy de Maupassant

Overview

Eleven classic short stories by the great French master of the form. Included are: "One Evening," "The Devil," "A Sister's Confession," "The Beggar," "The Drunkard," "The Adopted Son," "An Artifice," "My Uncle Sosthenes," "Father Milon," "The Piece of String," and "Solitude."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411463967
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	10/04/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	214 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was born near Dieppe, France. Arriving in Paris in 1871, he spent ten years as a clerk with the Department of the Navy, working on his fiction in his spare time. His early efforts so impressed Gustave Flaubert that the elder writer took him on as a protégé. His first collection of stories, published in 1881 was a great success. In addition to writing over 300 short stories—tales  marked by objectivity and a highly controlled and economic style—he also published six novels and three travel books. Maupassant is considered one of the founders and finest exponents of the modern “naturalistic” short story.