Guy de Maupassant
1850-1893
Stories
The Confession
Suzanne stays at the bedside of her dying sister, who she has lived with her whole life.
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7
- Age Rating:
PG
The Necklace
A poor woman borrows a necklace from a rich friend. Classic twisty tale.
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2
- Age Rating:
PG
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
A Piece of String
A man picks up a piece of string, an act which unfortunately coincides with the loss of a mayor's pocket book.
- Pages:
8
- Age Rating:
PG
The Man With The Pale Eyes
A magistrate is visited by a doctor who hides a dark secret behind his penetrating pale blue eyes.
- Pages:
6
- 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
An Uncomfortable Bed
A man is certain his friends are about to play a practical joke on him ...
- Pages:
4
- 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.
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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
Abandoned
On two couples' trip to the seaside a long-held wish is finally fulfilled.
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9
- 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
Miss Harriet
While travelling in Normandy a young artist meets a singularly unfriendly older woman.
- Pages:
22
- Age Rating:
PG
Mademoiselle Fifi
A group of bored Prussian soldiers amuse themselves destructively while holed up in a French chateau.
- Pages:
13
- Age Rating:
PG
The Necklace
A poor woman borrows a necklace from a rich friend. Classic twisty tale.
- Pages:
9
- Age Rating:
PG