Guy de Maupassant
1850-1893

Stories

The Devil

An avaricious farmer makes arangements to have his dying mother looked after so he can get his crop in.
- Pages:
7
- Age Rating:
PG

My Uncle Jules

A poor family set their hopes on the return of a previously good-for-nothing uncle who left for America to seek his fortune.
- Pages:
9
- Age Rating:
PG

Maison Tellier

The five girls and the refined, virtuous Madame of a Normandy brothel shut up shop in order to attend a confirmation.
- Pages:
26
- Age Rating:
PG

Boule de Suif

Maupassant's short masterpiece following the journey of a group of civilians during the Franco-Prussian war.
- Pages:
41
- Age Rating:
PG

Ghosts

A young man's suspicions are aroused when he finds out his dead mother is appearing to his father, threatening eternal damnation unless the son is disinherited.
- Pages:
7
- Age Rating:
PG

The Inn

When one of the winter caretakers of an isolated mountain inn goes missing, loneliness beings to take its toll on the other.
- Pages:
11
- Age Rating:
PG

A Ghost

A man is asked to collect some items from a house where the lover of an old acquaintance recently died.
- Pages:
8
- Age Rating:
PG

The Horla

Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.
- Pages:
26
- Age Rating:
PG