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Original Short Stories - Volume 1
Guy de Maupassant
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All looks were directed toward her. An odor of food filled the air, causing nostrils to dilate, mouths to water, and jaws to contract painfully. The scorn of the ladies for this disreputable female grew positively ferocious; they would have liked to kill her, or throw, her and her drinking cup, her basket, and her provisions, out of the coach into the snow of the road below.
But Loiseau's gaze was fixed greedily on the dish of chicken. He said:
"Well, well, this lady had more forethought than the rest of us. Some people think of everything."
She looked up at him.
"Would you like some, sir? It is hard to go on fasting all day."
He bowed.
"Upon my soul, I can't refuse; I cannot hold out another minute. All is fair in war time, is it not, mad. . . Read More
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De Maupassant has written stories that are little Vignettes that occur during the Franco Prussian war of 1870 - 71. Through these stories we get to experience the lives of everyday people during the war - peasants, low ranking soldiers, fishermen, wives and husbands. All were affected in different y
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Cracking stuff
I loved these quirky little stories. They are beautifully written, and full of irony. Sometimes they are funny, and sometimes they are sad. Both types teach great lessons. I have to admit I reread this book the moment I finished it the first time--it is short. I'm glad I did because I understood the
Enjoy the well told stoies.
I am doing a survey of all of the works by and about Guy de Maupassant. This is the first volume of thirteen that contain his "complete" short stories. If only it were true! When completed, the thirteen volumes contain only 180 of his 307 stories. The rest I will need to find elsewhere, a few at a t