Guy de Maupassant

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Guy de Maupassant

1850–1893

A master of the short story, he captured human desire, vanity, and disappointment with sharp observation and remarkable economy. His enduring works include Boule de Suif, The Necklace, Bel-Ami, and A Life.

91 Audiobooks

Pierre et Jean

Pierre et Jean

by Guy de Maupassant

Boule de Suif

Boule de Suif

by Guy de Maupassant

La Maison Tellier

La Maison Tellier

by Guy de Maupassant

Yvette

Yvette

by Guy de Maupassant

Le Horla

Le Horla

by Guy de Maupassant

Dix contes modernes des meilleurs auteurs du jour

Dix contes modernes des meilleurs auteurs du jour

by Paul Arène, Alphonse Daudet, Ernest Daudet, Henry de Forge, Ernest Laut, Guy de Maupassant, Montjoyeux, François de Nion, Jacques Normand, Jean du Rébrac

Une vie

Une vie

by Guy de Maupassant

Claire de Lune

Claire de Lune

by Guy de Maupassant

Strong as Death

Strong as Death

by Guy de Maupassant

Afloat (Sur l'eau)

Afloat (Sur l'eau)

by Guy de Maupassant

Pierre and Jean

Pierre and Jean

by Guy de Maupassant

Contes de la Becasse

Contes de la Becasse

by Guy de Maupassant

Hätähuuto y.m. kertomuksia

Hätähuuto y.m. kertomuksia

by Guy de Maupassant

La vie errante

La vie errante

by Guy de Maupassant

La Femme de Paul

La Femme de Paul

by Guy de Maupassant

Kaunis ystävä

Kaunis ystävä

by Guy de Maupassant

Mons Spes, et novellæ aliæ

Mons Spes, et novellæ aliæ

by E. Parmalee (Ezra Parmalee) Prentice, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Guy de Maupassant, John Ruskin, Robert Louis Stevenson

Veljekset

Veljekset

by Guy de Maupassant

Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes

Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes

by Guy de Maupassant

La Main Gauche

La Main Gauche

by Guy de Maupassant

Fort comme la mort

Fort comme la mort

by Guy de Maupassant

Luja kuin kuolema

Luja kuin kuolema

by Guy de Maupassant

L'inutile beauté

L'inutile beauté

by Guy de Maupassant

Contes du jour et de la nuit

Contes du jour et de la nuit

by Guy de Maupassant

Valittuja novelleja II

Valittuja novelleja II

by Guy de Maupassant

Miss Harriet

Miss Harriet

by Guy de Maupassant

La petite roque

La petite roque

by Guy de Maupassant

Miss Harriet

Miss Harriet

by Guy de Maupassant

Parent úr

Parent úr

by Guy de Maupassant

Mademoiselle Fifi

Mademoiselle Fifi

by Guy de Maupassant

Elämän tarina

Elämän tarina

by Guy de Maupassant

Valittuja novelleja I

Valittuja novelleja I

by Guy de Maupassant

Cuentos escogidos

Cuentos escogidos

by Guy de Maupassant

About the author

Born in Normandy in 1850, he became one of 19th-century France’s most celebrated writers. His fiction is associated with realism and naturalism, portraying ordinary lives, social pressures, and human weaknesses with a clear-eyed, often dark sense of irony.

A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, Maupassant developed a concise, polished style known for vivid detail and powerful endings. He wrote nearly 300 short stories as well as novels, poetry, and journalism before his death in Paris in 1893.