BEST SHORT STORIES, THE

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. In a lucidly direct style, he provides unflinching realism and sceptical irony. He depicts the deceptions, hypocrisies and vanities at different levels of society. Prostitution is frankly described, while the harshness of war is deftly exposed.

His tales have been televised and have influenced films, operas and rock music. Unillusioned but humane, Maupassant remains our contemporary.

Short Stories include:

Boule de Suif

Two Friends

Madame Tellier's Establishment

Madamoiselle Fifi

Clair de Lune

Miss Harriet

The Necklace

Madamoiselle Pearl

The Piece of String

Madame Husson's Rosier'

That Pig of a Morin

Useless Beauty

The Olive Orchard

A Sale

Love

Two Little Soldiers

Happiness