Title: The First Snowfall Date Read: 06 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: When a Norman gentleman takes his young Parisian wife home to live in his chateau, she becomes sad and melancholic about the loneliness of the place, and the … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The First Snowfall
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Devouring De Maupassant: Legend of Mont St. Michel
Title: Legend of Mont St. Michel Date Read: 06 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator recounts the legend of Saint Michel, and how the saint managed to vanquish the devil and expel him from Normandy. Afterthoughts: In … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Father
Title: The Father Date Read: 09 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Clerk, Francois Tessier falls in love with a woman (Lousie) on his daily commute. Despite the woman's shy and cautious nature the couple eventually take a day trip to … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Useless Beauty
Title: Useless Beauty Date Read: 09 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Livid at the treatment meted out by her oppressive and jealous husband, the stunningly attractive Comtesse de Mascaret confronts the Comte, telling him that she knows … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Moiron
Title: Moiron . Date Read: 12th December 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Monsieur Maloureau recounts his time as a district attorney, and the case involving mild-mannered teacher, Monsieur Moiron. … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: A Meeting
Title: A Meeting. Date Read: 12th December 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Finding his wife in the embrace of another man, Baron d'Etraille informs his wife that they are going to split, amicably. They meet again by chance six years later, … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Question of Latin
Title: The Question of Latin Date Read: 12th September 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Pere Piquedent is one of the finest Latin teachers in the whole of France. The problem is he doesn't know what else to do in life. He feels trapped and … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Madame Baptiste
Title: Madame Baptiste Date Read: 12th September 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator, having over two hours to kill before his train arrives to take him to Paris, starts to walk around the town of Loubain. It's not long before a … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: A Queer Night in Paris
Title: A Queer Night in Paris Date Read: 5th September 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: On a visit to a Parisian theatre, Mattre Saval decides on a whim to visit the artist's quarter of Montmartre. It's a decision which he will soon regret. … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Waiter, A ‘Bock’
Title: Waiter, A 'Bock' Date Read: 5th September 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator randomly walks into a large beer hall, and is taken aback when the scruffy man he sits next to begins speaking to him. He's even more surprised when … [Read more...]
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