THE COLONEL’S IDEAS
“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
tell me to go thro...
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) is the most celebrated of French short-story writers. The brilliance of his technique is combined with an ethical nihilism.Guy de Maupassant was ...
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Acknowledged throughout the world as one of the masters of the short story, Guy de Maupassant was also the author of a collection of poetry, a volume of plays, six novels, three travel journals, and m...
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