Project Gutenberg 2005-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 152 Maupassant, Guy de 1850 1893 De Maupassant, Guy The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Monsieur Parent -- The Father -- A Vagabond -- Useless Beauty -- Fly -- The Mad Woman -- That Pig of a Morin -- The Wooden Shoes -- A Normandy Joke -- A Cock Crowed -- Julot's Opinion -- Mademoiselle -- The Mountebanks -- The Sequel to a Divorce -- The Man with the Dogs -- The Clown -- Babette -- Sympathy -- The Debt -- An Artist -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- The Story of a Farm Girl -- Mamma Stirling -- Lilie Lala -- Madame Tellier's Establishment -- The Bandmaster's Sister -- False Alarm -- Wife and Mistress -- Mad -- An Unfortunate Likeness -- The New Sensation. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2" by Guy de Maupassant is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This volume features various narratives that explore themes of love, betrayal, and societal norms, with a focus on the complexities of human relationships. The first story, "Monsieur Parent," introduces the character Monsieur Parent, a well-meaning man caught in the turmoil of his marriage and familial duties, as he grapples with suspicion and unfaithfulness. At the start of "Monsieur Parent," the narrative sets the scene in a public park where Monsieur Parent observes his son George playing, underscoring his affection and the simple joys of fatherhood. However, tension quickly arises as he navigates his turbulent relationship with his wife, Henriette, and a discontented servant named Julie. As the story unfolds, dark insinuations of infidelity emerge along with emotional turmoil, revealing the fragility of Parent’s domestic life. The opening illustrates Parent's internal struggles and foreshadows the revelations and conflicts that complicate his relationships, particularly regarding the true paternity of his child. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, French -- Translations into English French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 654121 653988 2024-10-07T15:12:23.459477 2023-09-08T05:36:54.477266 text/html text/html 657262 2020-12-13T12:13:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 245387 2020-12-13T12:13:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338816 2024-10-07T15:12:34.268367 application/epub+zip 348165 2024-10-07T15:12:27.341400 application/epub+zip 325780 2024-10-07T15:12:25.827467 application/epub+zip 635228 2024-10-07T15:12:39.837400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 601105 2024-10-07T15:12:33.267387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570392 2022-09-08T10:46:00.812089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 631656 631562 2024-10-07T15:12:22.346489 2023-09-08T05:36:53.562266 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 631843 2020-12-13T12:13:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 239445 2020-12-13T12:13:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 631850 2020-12-13T12:13:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239319 2020-12-13T12:13:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22350 2024-10-07T15:12:40.352366 application/rdf+xml 17554 2024-10-07T15:12:26.397467 image/jpeg 3888 2024-10-07T15:12:26.110412 image/jpeg 333164 2024-10-07T15:12:23.519432 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia