maupassant, guy de

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Guy de Maupassant.

A collection of nine short fiction stories by nineteenth-century French author Guy de Maupassant, including the title work in which a woman and her husband, having worked ten years to replace a borrowed diamond necklace which they lost, learn the irony of their efforts.

Presents thirty short stories by nineteenth-century French author Guy de Maupassant in translation, covering subjects such as murder, adultery, war, and everyday activities such as eating and drinking.

Tales of terror and the supernatural.

Features a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant that feature themes of social pretension, lust and love, and terror and madness. Includes a biography of Maupassant, an introduction, and the translator's note.

A selection of twenty-seven stories including the Necklace, and Le Horla.

Profiles five short stories by nineteenth-century French writer Guy de Maupassant, providing plot summaries, character guides, and several works of criticism on each, and includes a brief Maupassant biography and primary and secondary bibliographies.