The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated (ePub)

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, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless dénouements. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. 
Contents:
BOULE DE SUIF 
TWO FRIENDS 
THE LANCER'S WIFE 
THE PRISONERS 
TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS 
FATHER MILON 
A COUP D'ETAT 
LIEUTENANT LARE'S MARRIAGE 
THE HORRIBLE 
MADAME PARISSE 
MADEMOISELLE FIFI 
A DUEL 
THE COLONEL'S IDEAS 
MOTHER SAUVAGE 
EPIPHANY 
THE MUSTACHE 
MADAME BAPTISTE 
THE QUESTION OF LATIN 
A MEETING 
THE BLIND MAN 
INDISCRETION 
A FAMILY AFFAIR 
BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER'S CORPSE 
MISS HARRIET 
LITTLE LOUISE ROQUE 
THE DONKEY 
MOIRON 
THE DISPENSER OF HOLY WATER 
A PARRICIDE 
BERTHA 
THE PATRON 
THE DOOR 
A SALE 
THE IMPOLITE SEX 
A WEDDING GIFT 
THE RELIC 
THE MORIBUND 
THE GAMEKEEPER 
THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL 
THE WRECK 
THEODULE SABOT'S CONFESSION 
THE WRONG HOUSE 
THE DIAMOND NECKLACE 
THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL 
THE TRIP OF LE HORLA 
FAREWELL! 
THE WOLF 
THE INN 
MONSIEUR PARENT 
QUEEN HORTENSE 
TIMBUCTOO 
TOMBSTONES 
MADEMOISELLE PEARL 
THE THIEF 
CLAIR DE LUNE 
WAITER, A "BOCK" 
AFTER 
FORGIVENESS 
IN THE SPRING 
A QUEER NIGHT IN PARIS 
THAT COSTLY RIDE 
USELESS BEAUTY 
THE FATHER 
MY UNCLE SOSTHENES 
THE BARONESS 
MOTHER AND SON 
THE HAND 
A TRESS OF HAIR 
ON THE RIVER 
THE CRIPPLE 
A STROLL 
ALEXANDRE 
THE LOG 
JULIE ROMAIN 
THE RONDOLI SISTERS 
THE FALSE GEMS 
FASCINATION 
YVETTE SAMORIS 
A VENDETTA 
MY TWENTY-FIVE DAYS 
"THE TERROR" 
LEGEND OF MONT ST. MICHEL 
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT 
FRIEND PATIENCE 
ABANDONED 
THE MAISON TELLIER 
DENIS 
MY WIFE 
THE UNKNOWN 
THE APPARITION 
CLOCHETTE 
THE KISS 
THE LEGION OF HONOR 
THE TEST 
FOUND ON A DROWNED MAN 
THE ORPHAN 
THE BEGGAR 
THE RABBIT 
HIS AVENGER 
MY UNCLE JULES 
THE MODEL 
A VAGABOND 
THE FISHING HOLE 
THE SPASM 
IN THE WOOD 
MARTINE 
ALL OVER 
THE PARROT 
THE PIECE OF STRING 
TOINE 
MADAME HUSSON'S "ROSIER" 
THE ADOPTED SON 
COWARD 
OLD MONGILET 
MOONLIGHT 
THE FIRST SNOWFALL 
SUNDAYS OF A BOURGEOIS 
A RECOLLECTION 
OUR LETTERS 
THE LOVE OF LONG AGO 
FRIEND JOSEPH 
and others