Guy de Maupassant

Born in Normandy, Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) is the author of over three hundred short stories and six novels, including Bel Ami and Pierre et Jean. He is widely considered to be one of the fathers of the modern short story.

Guy de Maupassant

Born in Normandy, Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) is the author of over three hundred short stories and six novels, including Bel Ami and Pierre et Jean. He is widely considered to be one of the fathers of the modern short story.

Books by Guy de Maupassant

  • Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works: A Norton Critical Edition

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith, Robert Lethbridge

    First Edition, Paperback, 2016

    This Norton Critical Edition includes thirty of Guy de Maupassant’s best short stories centring on war, the supernatural and French life, with an introduction and explanatory footnotes.
  • Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works: A Norton Critical Edition

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith, Robert Lethbridge

    First Edition, E Book, 2021

    “Smith successfully captures Maupassant’s depiction of nineteenth-century French culture using terminology that allows these wonderful texts to reach a fresh generation of readers. A solid...
  • The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith

    Paperback, 2016

    From the best-selling translator of Irene Nemirovsky’s Suite Française comes this bold new translation that reinterprets Guy de Maupassant’s best works for a new generation.
  • The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times

    Guy de Maupassant, Sandra Smith

    E Book, 2015

    From the best-selling translator of Irène Nèmirovsky’s Suite Française comes this bold new translation that reinterprets Guy de Maupassant’s best works for a new generation.