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1	The Necklace and Other Short Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant A collection of nine of Maupassant's most famous tales, both brilliantly naturalistic and hallucinatory fantasy. Includes: "Ball of Fat", "The Necklace", "Piece of String", "Mme. Tellier's Establishment", "Mademoiselle Fifi", "Miss Harriet", "A Way to Wealth", "My Uncle Jules", and "The Horla". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
2	My Uncle Jules and Other Stories/Mon Oncle Jules Et Autres Contes more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor) Admired and emulated by writers from Chekhov and Lawrence to Pirandello and Dos Passos, Maupassant is the master of the short-story form. Twelve critically acclaimed stories represent all of the author's major recurrent subjects and themes, both comic and tragic. Introduction, new English translation, and notes by Stanley Appelbaum. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
3	Best Short Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant This collection reflects Maupassant's remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. "Boule de Suife", his most famous tale exposes the brutality and hypocrisy of war. His stories are linked by irony and the frailty of human nature. see all copies from $2.86! new only from $2.86!
4	Bel-Ami more books like this by Guy de Maupassant 'His rise testifies to the decline of a whole society.' Jean-Paul Sartre Maupassant's second novel, Bel-Ami (1885) is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened 'Bel-Ami' by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-siecle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Short stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.18! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Best Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Steven Jupiter (Translator) In this collection of seven of his most popular stories each tale reflects both the author's intimate familiarity with Paris and the provinces in the Belle Epoque, as well as a nonjudgmental humanism that is one of Guy de Maupassant's most attractive writing qualities. see all copies from $5.10! new only from $6.44! \| SVS
7	Le Horla more books like this by Maupassant, Marie-Eve Therenty (Commentaries by) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Complete short stories. more books like this by Guy de Maupassant see all copies from $7.99! new only from $25.90! \| first editions
9	Maupassant, a Lion in the Path more books like this by Francis Steegmuller The First Complete And Definitive Biography Of Guy De Maupassant, From His Happy Childhood In Normandy To His Tragic Death In A Madhouse. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $27.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant 1922. French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Contents: Mademoiselle Fifi; My Wife; A Grandmother's Advice; In the Spring; Graveyard Sirens; Madame Baptiste; Rust; Marroca; The Log; The Relic; The Bed; Mad?; The Awakening; An Artifice; On Horseback; The Burglar; A Christmas Eve ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.11! \| first editions \| SVS
11	A Day in the Country and Other Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, David Coward (Editor) This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.39! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Necklace and Other Tales more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by) From wicked and hilarious stories of the underside of Paris to bittersweet fables that puncture social pretension, de Maupassant's short works remain, for many, the best ever written. Gathered here, in an exhilarating new translation, are Maupassant's most famous and important tales. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.52! \| first editions
13	Maupassant more books like this by Michael G Lerner see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant This new translation of twenty tales shows Maupassant at his bitter, bawdy, chilling best. It features some of his grimmest and most famous stories like A Vendetta and The Grove of Olives, but it also reflects both his moods and his mastery of the short story. The Little Keg is rich in comic invention, while the disturbing Who Can Tell? draws its ... see all copies from $2.35!
15	The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Arnold Kellett (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (Foreword by) A master of the short story, innovative and widely copied, acutely observant, a friend and disciple of Gustave Flaubert, Maupassant produced a great stream of stories and novels in the ten short years of his productive career. Here, for the first time in English, all his stories concerning terror, anguish and the supernatural are brought together ... see all copies from $2.01!
16	Collected Stories of Guy de Ma more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Rh Value Publishing see all copies from $1.99! new only from $178.56! \| first editions
17 view cover	The last confessions of Marie Bashkirtseff and her correspondence with Guy de Maupassant more books like this by Marie Bashkirtseff, Guy de Maupassant This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $16.83! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The House of Madame Tellier: And Other Stories more books like this by Marjorie Laurie (Translator), Gerald Gould (Introduction by), Guy de Maupassant see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	The cocotte (Boule de suif) and three other stories more books like this by Guy de Maupassant see all copies from $8.23! first editions
20	The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant: A Selection and Translation more books like this by Arnold Kellett (Translator), Guy de Maupassant (Foreword by) This selection from the works of Guy de Maupassant is the first of its kind to appear in English, bringing together his stories concerning the supernatural in a new translation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $92.67!
21 view cover	Guy de Maupassant more books like this by Sarah Robbins, Harold Bloom - User's guide - Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom - Biography of the short story writer - List of characters in each story - Detailed thematic analysis of each short story - Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each work - A complete bibliography of the writer's works - A list of critical works about ... see all copies from $7.83! new only from $21.95! \| SVS
22	The tales of Guy de Maupassant, 1850-1893. more books like this by Guy de Maupassant, Lafcadio Hearn, Gunter Böhmer see all copies from $5.00! new only from $127.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Parisian Bourgeois' Sundays and Other Stories more books like this by Marlo Johnston (Translator), Guy de Maupassant Fifteen early stories, several previously untranslated. see all copies from $11.40! new only from $49.70!
24	The Life, Work, and Evil Fate of Guy de Maupassant (Gentilhomme de Lettres) more books like this by Robert H. Sherard see all copies from $9.15! first editions
25 view cover	The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural more books like this by Ramsey Campbell (Foreword by), Guy de Maupassant In a new translation by Arnold Keller, all the tales of terror by Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short story writer, are collected here in one volume. These thirty-one stories of the supernatural explore the furthest reaches of the macabre and at the same time parallel de Maupassant's own descent into madness and death. see all copies from $3.89!

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