THE GREAT SHORT STORIES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1939) [COLLECTOR'S EDITION]

Collector's Edition
Hardcover with gilt decorations.
Decorated boards.
Leather spine with cusps and gilt letters.
Very good condition.
POCKET BOOKS, INC
NEW YORK
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1939
With and introduction by Wallace Brockway.
Pages: 418
Dimensions: 17 x 12 cm
Contents:  
Love --
Simon's papa --
Rose --
Affair of state --
Diamond necklace --
Clochette --
Signal --
Useless beauty --
Normandy joke --
Wolf --
Duel --
Madame Tellier's excursion --
That pig of a Morin --
Mad woman --
Julie Romain --
Venus of Braniza --
Toine --
Moonlight --
Ball-of-fat --
Specter --
How he got the Legion of Honor --
Piece of string --
Country excursion --
Strange fancy --
Mademoiselle Fifi --
Sale --
One phase of love --
Vendetta --
My Uncle Sosthenes --
Fishing excursion --
Little cask --
Story of a farm girl --
Two little soldiers --
Orderly --
Dancers --
False gems
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.