"Maupassant's Short Stories" Author: [France] Guy de Maupassant Publisher: Heilongjiang Science and Technology Press

The "Collection of Short and Medium Stories by Maupassant" is a collection of short and medium-length novels by the famous French writer Maupassant, the "king of short stories in the world". It presents readers with a picture of social life in France at that time, and has profound ideological connotations and social value. Reading novels allows readers to feel its unique charm. The life depicted in Maupassant's short stories is very broad, and together they constitute a comprehensive secular picture of French society in the second half of the 19th century. In Maupassant's novels, all kinds of phenomena in the social reality at that time are vividly described; people from all walks of life are vividly portrayed; the style and human feelings of French cities and towns are also vividly portrayed. Among his wide range of sources, there are three prominent focuses, namely the Franco-Prussian War, the life of small clerks in Paris, and the urban and rural scenery and anecdotes in the Normandy region of France.

Maupassant, an outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the 19th century, is one of the three great short story masters in the world, along with Chekhov and O. Henry. He has had a great influence on later generations and is known as the "King of Short Stories". His representative works include "Belle Amigos", "Boule de Suif", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules", etc. The movies adapted from his novels are popular all over the world.