HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN AND BELOVED WRITERS IN 19TH CENTURY FRANCE. HE IS KNOWN AS THE ALL-TIME MASTER OF THE SLICE OF LIFE SHORT STORY. IN HIS SHORT LIFE HE KNEW GREAT FAME AND FORTUNE, EVEN AS HIS INNER DEMONS BROUGHT HIM UNTIMELY DEATH. HIS NAME WAS GUY DE MAUPASSANT.
MAUPASSANTS SPARE IRONIC STYLE WAS PERFECT FOR DESCRIBING THE REALITIES OF WAR AND THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN NORMANDY. HIS SUBJECTS SPANNED THE SOCIAL CLASSES. HIS CHOICE OF CHARACTERS RANGED FROM THE HIGHEST NOBLES TO THE LOWEST STREET PROSTITUTES. THE GREAT FRENCH NOVELIST GUSTAVE FLAUBERT HELPED HIM SEE HIS LITERARY POTENTIAL. THE WOM
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