Guy de Maupassant
                                                             (August 8, 1850-July 6, 1893)


 
 

Titles of His Short Stories:                                 Quotes:
(out of the hundreds that he wrote)                                    "Patriosm is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which
Abandoned                                                                                     wars are hatched."
The Adopted Son
After                                                                                              "Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as
Alexandre                                                                                       ship's captain to avoid a shipwreck."
An Affair of State
All Over
The Apparition                                                                      Links to online stories written by Maupassant
The Artist                                                                                  and summaries:
The Baroness                                                                                        Online story of The Necklace
                                                                                          Summary of The Necklace
The Beggar                                                                     Online story of The Inn
Bertha                                                                                                    Online story of On The River
Beside Schopenhauer’s
Corpse                                                                                   Continue On With Our Site:
The Blind Man                                                                                       Our Review of Two Friends
Boule de Suif                                                                                         Inforrmation on the Birthplace of Maupassant
                                                                                    Back to Authors' Page
Clair de Lune
Clochette
The Colonel’s Ideas
A Coup d’Etat
A Coward
The Cripple
Denis
The Diamond Necklace
The Dispenser of Holy Water
The Donkey
The Door
A Duel
The Effeminates
The False Gems
A Family Affair
Farewell
Fascination
The Father
Father Milon
The First Snowfall
Forgiveness
Found on a Drowned Man
Friend Joseph
Friend Patience
The Gamekeeper
The Hand
His Avenger
The Hole
The Horla
The Horrible
The Impolite Sex
In the Spring
In the Wood
Indiscretion
The Inn
Julie Romaine
The Kiss
The Lancer’s Wife
Legend of Mont St.
Michel
The Legion of Honor
Lieutenant Lare’s Marriage
Little Louise Roque
The Log
The Love of Long Ago
Madame Baptiste
Madame Husson’s Rosier
Madame Parisse
Mademoiselle Fifi
Mademoiselle Pearl
The Maison Tellier
The Marquis de Fumerol
Martine
A Meeting
Miss Harriet
Moiron
Monsieur Parent
Moonlight
The Moribund
Mother and Son
Mother Sauvage
The Mustache
My Twenty-Five Days
My Uncle Jules
My Uncle Sosthenes
My Wife
The Necklace
A New Year’s Gift
Old Amable
Old Mongilet
On the River
The Orphan
Our Letters
A Parricide
The Patron
The Piece of String
The Prisoners
Queen Hortense
A Queer Night in Parise
The Question of Latin
The Rabbit
A Recollection
The Relic
The Rondoli Sisters
A Sale
The Story of a Farm Girl
A Stroll
The Test
That Costly Ride
Theodule Sabot’s
Confession
The Thief
Timbuctoo
Tombstones
A Tress of Hair
The Trip of the Horla
Two Friends
Two Little Soldiers
The Unknown
Useless Beauty
A Vagabond
A Vendetta
Waiter, a “Bock”
A Wedding Gift
The Wolf
The Wreck
The Wrong House
Yvette Samoris