Pengarang: Albert M. C. McMaster

Over the course of his career, French writer Guy de Maupassant made a number of important contributions to the then-emergent genre of short stories. Today, critics regard him as one of the most …

Over the course of his career, French writer Guy de Maupassant made a number of important contributions to the then-emergent genre of short stories. Today, critics regard him as one of the most …

pub One.info present you this new edition. "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt. " These words of Maupassant to Jose Maria de Heredia on the …

pub One.info present you this new edition. "Upon my word, " said Colonel Laporte, "although I am old and gouty, my legs as stiff as two pieces of wood, yet if a pretty woman were to …

pub One.info present you this new edition. There were seven of us on a drag, four women and three men; one of the latter sat on the box seat beside the coachman. We were ascending, at a snail’s pace, …

pub One.info present you this new edition. The warm autumn sun was beating down on the farmyard. Under the grass, which had been cropped close by the cows, the earth soaked by recent rains, was soft …

pub One.info present you this new edition. George’s father was sitting in an iron chair, watching his little son with concentrated affection and attention, as little George piled up the sand into …

pub One.info present you this new edition. The household lived frugally on the meager income derived from the husband’s insignificant appointments. Two children had been born of the marriage, and the …

pub One.info present you this new edition. Monsieur Lantin had met the young girl at a reception at the house of the second head of his department, and had fallen head over heels in love with …

pub One.info present you this new edition. How strange those old recollections are which haunt us, without our being able to get rid of …

pub One.info present you this new edition. He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine- fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy- the innkeeper of …

pub One.info present you this new edition. The old ship’s surgeon, holding out his glass, watched it as it slowly filled with the golden liquid. Then, holding it in front of his eyes, he let the …

pub One.info present you this new edition. Mme. Oreille was a very economical woman; she knew the value of a centime, and possessed a whole storehouse of strict principles with regard to the …

pub One.info present you this new edition. Lemonnier had remained a widower with one child. He had loved his wife devotedly, with a tender and exalted love, without a slip, during their entire …

pub One.info present you this new edition. This entire stretch of country was amazing; it was characterized by a grandeur that was almost religious, and yet it had an air of sinister …

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, …

This is a collection of stories about interesting, unusual, bright human characters and destinies. Contents: Gusev by Anton Chekhov Boule de Suif by Guy De Maupassant Alyosha the Pot by Leo …

In this collection of classic short stories readers will encounter some of the finest writing in world literature: Contents: Byezhin Prairie by Ivan Turgenev The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather …