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Guy de Maupassant was an absolute master of the short story genre, delighting in clever plotting, concise style, and efficient storytelling, which he used to produce stunning pieces in a very condensed format. Maupassant specialized in realism, with its sharp criticism of lower human nature and society, and fantastic, although his ventures in the supernatural are often used as an implicit symptom of the protagonists' troubled minds - he was absolutely fascinated with psychiatry, which was nascent at the time.

Maupassant signe ici un conte satyrique sur la quête effrénée de la vérité poursuivie par certains groupuscules de son époque...

Miss Harriet, une Anglaise extravagante et exaltée, vivant dans l'admiration et la contemplation de la nature et de son créateur, fait la connaissance d'un jeune peintre séjournant à Etretat pour quelque temps. Ils nouent une relation amicale étrange, fondée sur l'amour de la peinture et de la nature. L'idylle amoureuse qui se noue entre la vieille fille et le peintre va connaître une fin tragique.

A wonderful collection of classic stories on the theme of love. A must-listen for the incurable romantic.

A peasant attending the market in the neighboring town stoops to pick up a piece of string from the road. Later that day, he is maliciously accused of picking up a lost pocketbook containing five hundred francs and some valuable business papers. Although he is innocent of the charge, and the pocketbook is later handed in to the mayor by the person who actually found it, the taint of the accusation remains. The more the man protests his innocence, the less he is believed.

A gentleman enjoying the morning over the River Seine waves to a steamer, and the nightmare begins. He believes he may be going insane, but then he begins to feel there is an entity that he cannot see invading his mind and his home. The entity is perhaps an invader from another world. Guy de Maupassant's tale of classic horror will enthrall you.

Paris, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Georges Duroy, mittellos, aber ehrgeizig, gelangt durch seinen Freund Forestier an eine Stelle als Reporter bei der Zeitung "La vie française". Zwar ist Duroy völlig talentfrei, doch durch seinen Charme und seine Art de Vivre verzeichnet er schon bald große Erfolge bei den Pariser Damen - und in der Folge auch in Beruf und Gesellschaft. Voller Ironie und Scharfsinn schildert Maupassant Duroys unaufhaltsamen Aufstieg und zeichnet zugleich ein farbenprächtiges Bild des Paris seiner Zeit.

A stunning collection of the most significant short stories by some of the world's greatest writers. Each story packs a great tale into around 20 minutes of concise and evocative narrative. Perfect for the 20-minute commute, the jog around the block, or the bed-time wind down.

Roman risuet dramaticheskuyu istoriyu lyubvi populyarnogo parizhskogo hudozhnika Oliv'e Bertena i damy iz vysshego sveta. Pevec lyubvi v samyh raznyh ee vidah i master psihologicheskogo analiza, Mopassan raskryvaet pered chitatelem prirodu strasti, ot ee zarozhdeniya do tragicheskoy razvyazki.

Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century author who many consider to be one of the pioneers of the modern short story. The selections included here are: "In Various Roles", "The False Gems", "A Useful House", "Two Little Soldiers", "Ghosts", "The New Sensation", "The Thief", "On Perfumes", "In His Sweetheart's Livery", "The Confession", "Lost", "A Country Excursion", "The Relics", "Margot's Tapers", "The Accent", "Profitable Business", "The Last Step", "The Log", and "The Ill-Omened Groom".

El protagonista de este magnífico cuento —uno de los mejores escritos por el autor francés— es un hombre apasionado por la noche parisina, amante de las caminatas nocturnas solitarias y de la oscuridad que envuelve los días.

Guy de Maupassant, France's gift to the world of short stories, was a prolific writer of this genre. His complete collection numbers just under 200. Volume X contains the following titles: The Christening; The Farmer's Wife; The Devil; The Snipe; The Will; Walter Schnaff's Adventure; At Sea; Minuet; and much more.

Mysteries come in all sorts, and this collection of seven short stories covers many of them. From the classic detective Sherlock Holmes to the supernatural-refuting Detective Bell, from invisible creatures invading Paris to true crime investigations.

"Bola de sebo", que muchos creen es uno de los mejores cuentos de Maupassant, fue publicado originalmente en una coleccion dirigida por Zola y es un ataque a la moral burguesa que acepta que una mujer se entregue para salvarlos a todos, pero despues por haberse entregado es mirada con desprecio. Igualmente esta "El collar" con su sorpresivo desenlace y el tierno "Padre de Simon", ademas de otra serie de cuentos que son testimonio de la grandeza del autor.

Rouen is occupied by the Prussian army and a group of ten residents decides to leave town. Although it is not that easy, they manage to get on a carriage. The group is quite colorful as every person represents a different part of the French population during the Franco-Prussian War of the late 19th century. A prostitute is a part of the group and although the others are filled with prejudices towards her, she is the one who could save them all when they find themselves in a Prussian-held territory.

Depuis quarante jours, il marchait, cherchant partout du travail. Il avait quitté son pays, Ville-Avaray, dans la Manche, parce que l'ouvrage manquait. Compagnon charpentier, âgé de vingt-sept ans, bon sujet, vaillant, il était resté pendant deux mois à la charge de sa famille, lui, fils aîné, n'ayant plus qu'à croiser ses bras vigoureux, dans le chômage général. Le pain devint rare dans la maison ; les deux sœurs allaient en journée, mais gagnaient peu.

M. Caravan mène une vie médiocre, au bureau comme à la maison. Chaque soir, il dîne En famille ainsi qu'avec sa mère que le ménage héberge à l'étage...

This is a story from the "Great Ghost Stories" collection.

Este es un relato inquietante, cruel y sobrecogedor. Es breve, contado a manera de diario. Aunque corto, sus palabras no son efímeras. A lo largo de los días, el juez desvela los secretos de la naturaleza humana. Quien rastree sus pasos se percatará que no existe criterio moral para salvar una vida u otra. En este relato, El Loco, Maupassant nos invita a seguir a un juez, que ha muerto a sus ochenta y dos años de edad. Muchos lo aclamaban en vida y fueron ellos los que le lloraron el día de su funeral.

Zehn Meisterwerke von weltberühmten Autoren versammeln sich in dieser Hörbuch-Box! Mit dabei: "Die Verwandlung" (F. Kafka), "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" (E. T. A. Hoffmann), "Der böse Knabe" (A. Tschechow), "Der Untergang der Carnatic" (A. J. Mordtmann), "Julie Romain" (G. de Maupassant), "Die schöne Wäscherin von Pontillon" (H. de Balzac), "Der Mann in Frauenkleidern" (G. Boccaccio), "Eine Geschichte aus Jerusalem" (S. Lagerlöf), "Die unsichtbare Sammlung" (S. Zweig), "Stationschef Fallmerayer" (J. Roth).