author
Guy de Maupassant
1850–1893
Best known for sharp, vivid stories like "The Necklace," this French master turned ordinary moments into suspense, irony, and unforgettable human drama. His work is still loved for its clarity, speed, and startling endings.
91 Audiobooks
Original Short Stories — Volume 05
by Guy de Maupassant
Pierre et Jean
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 13
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 02
by Guy de Maupassant
Boule de Suif
by Guy de Maupassant
La Maison Tellier
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 07
by Guy de Maupassant
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
Le Horla
by Guy de Maupassant
Yvette
by Guy de Maupassant
Une vie
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 18
by Guy de Maupassant
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 11
by Guy de Maupassant
Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories, Complete, Volumes 1-13 An Index to All Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 09
by Guy de Maupassant
Mont Oriol; or, A Romance of Auvergne: A Novel
by Guy de Maupassant
Claire de Lune
by Guy de Maupassant
Pierre and Jean
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 08
by Guy de Maupassant
Contes de la Becasse
by Guy de Maupassant
La Femme de Paul
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
by Guy de Maupassant
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3
by Guy de Maupassant
Afloat (Sur l'eau)
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 12
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 12
by Guy de Maupassant
Mons Spes, et novellæ aliæ
by E. Parmalee (Ezra Parmalee) Prentice, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Guy de Maupassant, John Ruskin, Robert Louis Stevenson
La vie errante
by Guy de Maupassant
Hätähuuto y.m. kertomuksia
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 04
by Guy de Maupassant
Strong as Death
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 06
by Guy de Maupassant
Veljekset
by Guy de Maupassant
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Kaunis ystävä
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 03
by Guy de Maupassant
Monsieur Parent, et autres histoires courtes
by Guy de Maupassant
La Main Gauche
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 16
by Guy de Maupassant
L'inutile beauté
by Guy de Maupassant
Fort comme la mort
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 01
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 07
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 22
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 17
by Guy de Maupassant
Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Guy de Maupassant
by Guy de Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
by Guy de Maupassant
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 21
by Guy de Maupassant
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2
by Guy de Maupassant
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 11
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 19
by Guy de Maupassant
Mlle Fifi: Nouveaux Contes
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 20
by Guy de Maupassant
Luja kuin kuolema
by Guy de Maupassant
A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
by Guy de Maupassant
Quotes and Images From The Short Stories of Maupassant
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 10
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 10
by Guy de Maupassant
Notre Coeur; or, A Woman's Pastime: A Novel
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 03
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 05
by Guy de Maupassant
The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 06
by Guy de Maupassant
Bel Ami (A Ladies' Man) The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 13
by Guy de Maupassant
Valittuja novelleja II
by Guy de Maupassant
Mademoiselle Fifi
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 08
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 02
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 23
by Guy de Maupassant
Parent úr
by Guy de Maupassant
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 04
by Guy de Maupassant
Miss Harriet
by Guy de Maupassant
Miss Harriet
by Guy de Maupassant
Original Short Stories — Volume 01
by Guy de Maupassant
Contes du jour et de la nuit
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 14
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 24
by Guy de Maupassant
Elämän tarina
by Guy de Maupassant
La petite roque
by Guy de Maupassant
The Sisters Rondoli, and Other Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 15
by Guy de Maupassant
Valittuja novelleja I
by Guy de Maupassant
Cuentos escogidos
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 25
by Guy de Maupassant
Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 26
by Guy de Maupassant
About the author
Born in Normandy on August 5, 1850, he became one of the great writers of 19th-century France and is widely remembered as a master of the short story. His fiction is often linked with realism and naturalism, and many of his stories focus on everyday people, social pressure, vanity, desire, and the small cruelties of life.
He was encouraged early on by Gustave Flaubert, and his breakthrough came in the 1880s. Over a remarkably productive decade, he published hundreds of stories as well as novels including Une Vie, Bel-Ami, and Pierre et Jean. Readers around the world still return to works such as Boule de Suif and The Necklace for their clean style, psychological insight, and dark wit.
His later years were troubled by severe illness, and he died in Paris on July 6, 1893, at just 42. Even with such a short life, he left behind an enormous body of work that helped define the modern short story.