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Guy de Maupassant

 
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About the Author

GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93) was known for his hugely influential short stories and the vivid realism of his novels. He was born in Normandy and served in the Franco-Prussian War, which would become the subject of some of his best-known stories. Maupassant enjoyed financial and critical success before illness led to his death in an asylum at the age of forty-two.

Books by Guy de Maupassant published by New York Review Books

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Everyman’s Library Classics Series

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