Selected tales of Guy de Maupassant / edited, with an introduction, by Saxe Commins ; illustrated by Adolf Dehn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Random House, 1950.Description: vi, 334 p. : ill. ; 27 cmUniform titles:
  • Short stories. English. Selections. 1950
LOC classification:
  • PZ3.M445 Sem
Contents:
Introduction -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- Vain beauty -- The Horla -- Madame Tellier's excursion -- The piece of string -- A matter of business -- The story of a farm-girl -- That pig of a Morin -- The umbrella -- Was it a dream? -- The false gems -- Hautot Senior & Hautot Junior -- A family affair -- A Normandy joke -- The diamond necklace -- In the moonlight -- Love -- The little cask -- Clochette -- A fishing excursion -- Humiliation -- Julie Romain -- The specter -- My Uncle Sostenes -- The duel -- A vagabond -- Madame Parisse -- One phase of love -- Simon's papa -- The vendetta -- The farmer's wife -- The signal -- Love's awakening -- The olive grove -- Saved -- A country excursion -- The diary of a madman -- Two little soldiers -- The white wolf -- The devil -- A lucky burglar -- Moonlight -- The mad woman -- A costly outing -- Babette -- Toine -- The Marquis de Fumerol -- Ugly -- Ball-of-fat.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PQ2349.A2 1950 1 Available 33710000482286

Introduction -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- Vain beauty -- The Horla -- Madame Tellier's excursion -- The piece of string -- A matter of business -- The story of a farm-girl -- That pig of a Morin -- The umbrella -- Was it a dream? -- The false gems -- Hautot Senior & Hautot Junior -- A family affair -- A Normandy joke -- The diamond necklace -- In the moonlight -- Love -- The little cask -- Clochette -- A fishing excursion -- Humiliation -- Julie Romain -- The specter -- My Uncle Sostenes -- The duel -- A vagabond -- Madame Parisse -- One phase of love -- Simon's papa -- The vendetta -- The farmer's wife -- The signal -- Love's awakening -- The olive grove -- Saved -- A country excursion -- The diary of a madman -- Two little soldiers -- The white wolf -- The devil -- A lucky burglar -- Moonlight -- The mad woman -- A costly outing -- Babette -- Toine -- The Marquis de Fumerol -- Ugly -- Ball-of-fat.

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