Maupassant

[ moh-puh-sahnt; French moh-pa-sahn ]

noun

1. (Hen·ri Re·né Al·bert) Guy de [ah, n, -, ree, , r, uh, -, ney, , a, l-, ber, gee d, uh], 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.

Maupassant

/ mopɑsɑ̃ /

noun

1. Maupassant(Henri René Albert) Guy de18501893MFrenchWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer ( Henri René Albert ) Guy de (ɡi də). 1850–93, French writer, noted esp for his short stories, such as Boule de suif (1880), La Maison Tellier (1881), and Mademoiselle Fifi (1883). His novels include Bel Ami (1885) and Pierre et Jean (1888)

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Many recall Maupassant or O. Henry in the way they conclude with an old-fashioned twist or epiphany.

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Bierce can make us accept as valid and tragic events more odd than the one de Maupassant had to reject.

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Unlike De Maupassant, however, it is the psychological complications in which he is chiefly interested.

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But my young author's experiment with De Maupassant was not successful.

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But in time the mind came to interest Maupassant as much as the body.

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Maupassant was a Norman, and he had never given a thought to the glorifying of God.

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