Devouring De Maupassant

Bonjour mes amis and welcome to the ‘hub page’ for my Guy de Maupassant reading challenge!

I launched this challenge after falling in love with the nineteenth-century French writer. I read one of his stories – The Horla, and it moved me in ways that few writers ever have, and when I turned the final page of that novella, I made the resolution that I would take myself on a journey of Maupassant-themed discovery.

This ‘hub page’ represents the ‘road map’ for my ‘journey’, and it allows those who are interested to follow my progress. I very much hope you do follow me (or even better join me), because just as much as the reading itself, I’m really look forward to sharing my experiences, sharing my thoughts, and most of all – sharing my passion for one of the greatest writers who’s ever lived!

Below is a list of the stories which I’m reading for the Devouring De Maupassant Reading Challenge, and along with each story (once read), are details of dates read, ratings given and links to a mini-review. I should make it clear that although this story list is long, it is in no way definitive. I am working towards making it that way (it is after all a reading challenge with ‘devour’ in its title ), and this i something I’m sure will progressively improve as time goes on (especially when all of you Maupassant connoisseurs put me on the right track).

As a starting point I used the Gutenburg version - Original Short Stories, Complete, Volumes 1-13 to compile my reading list, but I’m aware that there are discrepancies in this body of work i.e. short stories which are missing, or worse, short stories which have been accredited to the author but are not Maupassant in origin. This is another thing that I hope to rectify as much as possible, as time progresses.