THE PIECE OF STRING
By Guy de Maupassant It was market-day, and from all the country round Goderville the…
THE PENGUINS’ ROCK
By Guy de Maupassant This is the season for penguins. From April to the end…
THE PATRON
By Guy de Maupassant We never dreamed of such good fortune! The son of a…
THE PARROT
By Guy de Maupassant I Everybody in Fecamp knew Mother Patin’s story. She had certainly…
THE ORPHAN
By Guy de Maupassant Mademoiselle Source had adopted this boy under very sad circumstances. She…
THE ORDERLY
By Guy de Maupassant The cemetery, filled with officers, looked like a field covered with…
THE OLD MAID
By Guy de Maupassant Count Eustache d’Etchegorry’s solitary country house had the appearance of a…
THE MUSTACHE
By Guy de Maupassant CHATEAU DE SOLLES, July 30, 1883. My Dear Lucy: I have…
THE MORIBUND
Guy de Maupassant The warm autumn sun was beating down on the farmyard. Under the…
THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL
By Guy de Maupassant Roger de Tourneville was whiffing a cigar and blowing out small…