Guy de Maupassant wrote approximately three hundred short stories during his brief career, and this comprehensive collection gathers them in one volume. From the celebrated Boule de Suif and The Necklace to hundreds of lesser-known gems, the stories range across Norman peasant life, Parisian bourgeois society, colonial Algeria, and the psychological abyss of madness and obsession.
Maupassant’s influence on the short story form — on Chekhov, O. Henry, Somerset Maugham, and beyond — is incalculable. Download this complete public-domain collection as a free EPUB and discover why his reputation endures.