Collected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace + The Piece of String + Boule de Suif + Mademoiselle Fifi + Pierrot + Two Friends + La Maison Tellier + Ghosts and much more (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From one of the greatest French writers, widely regarded as the 'Father of Short Story' writing, who had influenced W. Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov and Henry JamesBy Guy de Maupassant
Length87h 20m
About this audiobook
This collected volume gathers many of Guy de Maupassant's most celebrated tales, including "The Necklace," "Boule de Suif," "The Piece of String," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Two Friends," and "La Maison Tellier." Written with remarkable compression, irony, and psychological precision, these stories exemplify French literary realism and naturalism in the late nineteenth century. Maupassant's art lies in exposing vanity, hypocrisy, desire, cruelty, and social accident through apparently simple narratives whose endings often reveal the fragility of human judgment. Maupassant, born in Normandy in 1850, was shaped by the Franco-Prussian War, provincial life, Parisian journalism, and the literary mentorship of Gustave Flaubert. His experience as a soldier and civil servant sharpened his eye for bureaucracy, class tension, and moral compromise. These circumstances helped produce fiction attentive to ordinary lives yet unsparing in its diagnosis of social pretension and private illusion. This collection is highly recommended for readers seeking a masterclass in the short story form. Students of realism, admirers of Chekhov or O. Henry, and general readers alike will find in Maupassant a writer of elegance, severity, and enduring humane insight.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length87 hrs 20 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 16, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Collected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace + The Piece of String + Boule de Suif + Mademoiselle Fifi + Pierrot + Two Friends + La Maison Tellier + Ghosts and much more (Annotated)
101THE WILL
2Introduction
102WALTER SCHNAFFS’ ADVENTURE
3Author Biography
103AT SEA
4Historical Context
104MINUET
5Synopsis (Selection)
105THE SON
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6Collected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace + The Piece of String + Boule de Suif + Mademoiselle Fifi + Pierrot + Two Friends + La Maison Tellier + Ghosts and much more
106THAT PIG OF A MORIN
7SIMON’S PAPA
107SAINT ANTHONY/SAINT-ANTOINE
8FATHER MILON
108LASTING LOVE
9A COUP D’ETAT
109PIERROT (pt. 1)
10THE HORRIBLE
110PIERROT (pt. 2)
11MADAME PARISSE
111THE DIARY OF A MADMAN (pt. 1)
12MADEMOISELLE FIFI
112THE DIARY OF A MADMAN (pt. 2)
13A DUEL
113COCO (pt. 1)
14THE MAISON TELLIER
114COCO (pt. 2)
15IN THE SPRING
115A MOTHER OF MONSTERS
16A FAMILY
116THE MAGIC COUCH
17THE COLONEL’S IDEAS
117SAVED
18MOTHER SAUVAGE
118FLY
19EPIPHANY
119THE SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE
20THE MUSTACHE
120THE MAN WITH THE DOGS
21MADAME BAPTISTE
121THE CLOWN
22THE QUESTION OF LATIN
122BABETTE
23A MEETIN
123SYMPATHY
24THE BLIND MAN
124THE DEBT
25INDISCRETION
125AN ARTIST
26THE CAKE
126MAMMA STIRLING
27CHÂLI
127LILIE LALA
28A FAMILY AFFAIR
128THE BANDMASTER’S SISTER
29BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER’S CORPSE / THE SMILE OF SCHOPENHAUER
129FALSE ALARM
30MISS HARRIET
130WIFE AND MISTRESS
31LITTLE LOUISE ROQU OR THE CASE OF LOUISE ROQUEE (pt. 1)
131MAD
32LITTLE LOUISE ROQU OR THE CASE OF LOUISE ROQUEE (pt. 2)
132AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS
33THE PATRON
133THE NEW SENSATION
34THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL
134THE VIATICUM
35THE WRECK
135THE RELICS
36THEODULE SABOT’S CONFESSION
136A RUPTURE
37THE WRONG HOUSE
137A USEFUL HOUSE
38THE DIAMOND NECKLACE
138THE ACCENT
39THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL
139GHOSTS
40THE TRIP OF LE HORLA
140CRASH
41FAREWELL!
141AN HONEST IDEAL
42THE WOLF
142STABLE PERFUME
43THE INN
143THE ILL-OMENED GROOM
44MONSIEUR PARENT
144AN EXOTIC PRINCE
45QUEEN HORTENSE
145VIRTUE IN THE BALLET
46MADEMOISELLE PEARL
146IN HIS SWEETHEART’S LIVERY
47THE THIEF
147DELILA
48CLAIR DE LUNE
148A MESALLIANCE
49WAITER, A “BOCK”
149A NIGHT IN WHITECHAPEL
50FORGIVENESS
150COUNTESS SATAN
51A QUEER NIGHT IN PARIS
151KIND GIRLS
52THAT COSTLY RIDE
152PROFITABLE BUSINESS
53USELESS BEAUTY
153VIOLATED
54THE FATHER
154JEROBOAM
55MY UNCLE SOSTHENES
155MARGOT’S TAPERS
56THE BARONESS
156CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT
57MOTHER AND SON
157MOHAMMED FRIPOULI
58THE HAND
158THE CONFESSION
59A TRESS OF HAIR / THE HEAD OF HAIR
159THE DEAD GIRL
60THE CRIPPLE
160THE LAST STEP
61A STROLL
161ONE EVENING
62ALEXANDRE
162THE HERMAPHRODITE
63THE LOG
163MARROCA
64JULIE ROMAIN
164THE ASSIGNATION
65THE RONDOLI SISTERS
165AN ADVENTURE
66THE FALSE GEMS
166THE DOUBLE PINS
67DENIS
167UNDER THE YOKE
68MY WIFE
168THE READ ONE AND THE OTHER
69THE UNKNOWN
169THE UPSTART
70THE APPARITION
170THE CARTER’S WENCH
71CLOCHETTE
171THE MARQUIS
72THE KISS
172THE BED
73THE LEGION OF HONOR
173AN ADVENTURE IN PARIS
74THE TEST
174HAPPINESS
75FOUND ON A DROWNED MAN
175THE OLD MAID
76THE ORPHAN
176THE AWAKENING
77THE BEGGAR
177THE JENNET
78THE RABBIT
178RUST
79HIS AVENGER
179THE SUBSTITUTE
80MY UNCLE JULES
180THE MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES
81THE MODEL
181ALLOUMA
82A VAGABOND
182THE ODALISQUE OF SENICHOU
83THE FISHING HOLE
183A GOOD MATCH
84THE SPASM/THE MANNERISM
184WORDS OF LOVE
85IN THE WOOD
185THE PORT
86MARTINE
186THE HERMIT
87ALL OVER
187THE ORDERLY
88THE PARROT/THE DROWNED MAN
188DUCHOUX
89THE PIECE OF STRING
189RELICS OF THE PAST
90TOINE
190THE PEDDLER
91MADAME HUSSON’S “ROSIER”
191THE OLIVE GROVE
92THE ADOPTED SON (pt. 1)
192A WARNING NOTE
93THE ADOPTED SON (pt. 2)
193AFTER
94NIGHT. A NIGHTMARE / A NIGHT IN PARIS (A NIGHTMARE)
194TIMBUCTOO
95THE HORLA
195TOMBSTONES
96OLD AMABLE
196THE LANCER’S WIFE
97THE CHRISTENING
197THE PRISONERS
98THE FARMER’S WIFE
198Analysis
99THE DEVIL
199Reflection
100THE SNIPE
200Memorable Quotes
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