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The necklace and other short stories

Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1992.
Series: Dover thrift editions.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Nine memorable classics, characterized by ironic twists of plot, include "Ball of Fat," regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, "The Necklace," "A Piece of String," "Mme. Tellier's Establishment," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Miss Harriet," "A Way to Wealth," "My Uncle Jules" and "The Horla."
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Genre/Form: Translations into English
Named Person: Guy de Maupassant
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Guy de Maupassant
ISBN: 0486270645 9780486270647
OCLC Number: 24247850
Language Note: Translated from the French.
Notes: "An Unabridged republication of nine stories"--T.p. verso.
Description: 119 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Ball-of-fat (Boule de Suif) [1880] --
The necklace [1885] --
A piece of string [1885] --
Mme. Tellier's Establishment [1881] --
Mademoiselle Fifi [1882- --
Miss Harriet [1884] --
A way to wealth [1885] --
My Uncle Jules [1884] --
The Horla [1887].
Series Title: Dover thrift editions.
Other Titles: Short stories.
Responsibility: Guy de Maupassant.
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Nine memorable classics, characterized by ironic twists of plot, include "Ball of Fat," regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, "The Necklace," "A Piece of String," "Mme. Tellier's Establishment," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "Miss Harriet," "A Way to Wealth," "My Uncle Jules" and "The Horla."

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