The Entire Original Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant is widely regarded as the father of the modern short story. As his 13 volumes of short stories attest, he was a prolific writer of this form. He had a simple, efficient style of writing and, like Anton Chekhov, found inspiration for his stories in the day-to-day lives of characters, in which their hidden natures are often revealed. Many of his works also centered on the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served.
Volume I 001 Boule de Suif, Part I 002 Boule de Suif, Part II 003 Two Friends 004 The Lancer’s Wife 005 The Prisoners 006 Two Little Soldiers 007 Father Milon 008 A Coup d’Etat 009 Lieutenant Lare’s Marriage 010 The Horrible 011 Madame Parisse 012 Mademoiselle Fifi 013 A Duel
Volume II 014 The Colonel’s Ideas 015 Mother Sauvage 016 Epiphany 017 The Mustache 018 Madame Baptiste 019 The Question of Latin 020 A Meeting 021 The Blind Man 022 Indiscretion 023 A Family Affair 024 Beside Schopenhauer’s Corpse
Volume III 025 Miss Harriet 026 Little Louise Roque 027 The Donkey 028 Moiron 029 The Dispenser of Holy Water 030 A Parricide 031 Bertha 032 The Patron 033 The Door 034 A Sale 035 The Impolite Sex 036 A Wedding Gift 037 The Relic
Volume IV 038 Moribund 039 The Gamekeeper 040 The Story of a Farm Girl Part I 041 The Story of a Farm Girl Part II 042 The Story of a Farm Girl Part III 043 The Story of a Farm Girl Part IV 044 The Story of a Farm Girl Part V 045 The Wreck 046 Théodule Sabot’s Confession 047 The Wrong House 048 The Diamond Necklace 049 The Marquis de Fumerol 050 The Trip of Le Horla 051 Farewell! 052 The Wolf 053 The Inn
Volume V 054 Monsieur Parent Part I 055 Monsieur Parent Part II 056 Queen Hortense 057 Timbuctoo 058 Tombstones 059 Mademoiselle Pearl 060 The Thief 061 Clair de Lune 062 Waiter, A ‘Bock’ 063 After 064 Forgiveness 065 In the Spring 066 A Queer Night in Paris
Volume VI 067 That Costly Ride 068 Useless Beauty Part I 069 Useless Beauty Part II 070 Useless Beauty Part III 071 Useless Beauty Part IV 072 The Father 073 My Uncle Sosthenes 074 The Baroness 075 Mother and Son 076 The Hand 077 A Tress of Hair 078 On the River 079 The Cripple 080 A Stroll 081 Alexandre 082 The Log 083 Julie Romain 084 The Rondoli Sisters
Volume VII 085 The False Gems 086 Fascination 087 Yvette Samoris 088 A Vendetta 089 My Twenty-Five Days 090 ‘The Terror’ 091 Legend of Mont St. Michel 092 A New Year’s Gift 093 Friend Patience 094 Abandoned 095 The Maison Tellier Part I 096 The Maison Tellier Part II 097 The Maison Tellier Part III 098 Denis 099 My Wife 100 The Unknown 101 The Apparition
Volume VIII 102 Clochette 103 The Kiss 104 The Legion of Honor 105 The Test 106 Found on a Drowned Man 107 The Orphan 108 The Beggar 109 The Rabbit 110 His Avenger 111 My Uncle Jules 112 The Model 113 A Vagabond 114 The Fishing Hole 115 The Spasm 116 In the Wood 117 Martine 118 All Over 119 The Parrot 120 The Piece of String
Volume IX 121 Toine 122 Madame Husson’s ‘Rosier’ 123 The Adopted Son 124 Coward 125 Old Mongilet 126 Moonlight 127 The First Snowfall 128 Sundays of a Bourgeois 129 Sundays of a Bourgeois 130 A Recollection 131 Our Letters 132 The Love of Long Ago 133 Friend Joseph 134 The Effeminates 135 Old Amable
Volume X 136 The Christening 137 The Farmer’s Wife 138 The Devil 139 The Snipe 140 The Will 141 Walter Schnaff’s Adventure 142 At Sea 143 Minuet 144 The Son 145 That Pig of a Morin 146 Saint Anthony 147 Lasting Love 148 Pierrot 149 A Normandy Joke 150 Father Matthew
Volume XI 151 The Umbrella 152 Belhomme’s Beast 153 Discovery 154 The Accursed Bread 155 The Dowry 156 The Diary of a Madman 157 The Mask 158 The Penguins’ Rock 159 A Family 160 Suicides 161 An Artifice 162 Dreams 163 Simon’s Papa
Volume XII 164 The Child 165 A Country Excursion 166 Rose 167 Rosalie Prudent 168 Regret 169 A Sister’s Confession 170 Coco 171 Dead Woman’s Secret 172 A Humble Drama 173 Mademoiselle Cocotte 174 The Corsican Bandit 175 The Grave
Volume XIII 176 Old Judas 177 The Little Cask 178 Boitelle 179 A Widow 180 The Englishman of Etretat 181 Magnetism 182 A Father’s Confession 183 A Mother of Monsters 184 An Uncomfortable Bed 185 A Portrait 186 The Drunkard 187 The Wardrobe 188 The Mountain Pool 189 A Cremation 190 Misti 191 Madame Hermet 192 The Magic Couch
