It's a well known fact that Maupassant was a pupil of Flaubert. The French novelist thought the world of young Guy (Flaubert had been a long-term family friend of Guy's parents, and he took the emerging writer under his wing so to speak), and he … [Read more...]
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Maupassant Monday: Flaubert on originality
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Rabbit
Title: The Rabbit Date Read: 19 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Farmer Lecacheur's servant runs up to him early one morning to tell him that his gray rabbit was stolen from its hutch during the night. He quickly sends the servant … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Parrot
Title: The Parrot Date Read: 19 February 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Poor Desiree lives a tragic life. She may be married to a rich fisherman, but he treats her terribly, berating her at every opportunity, and beating her up behind … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The First Snowfall
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: 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: A Tress of Hair
Title: A Tress of Hair Date Read: 30 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: A lover of past times and antiques, discovers a hidden tress of hair in a piece of seventeenth-century furniture. He begins to become unhealthily obsessed with the … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Cripple
Title: The Cripple Date Read: 30 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator enters an empty train carriage and takes his seat, before he is joined by a man who has considerable difficulty in walking. As the train gets under way the … [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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