Amazon.com description: Product Description: 27 Short Stories - Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protege of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. Includes: MONSIEUR PARENT - QUEEN HORTENSE - TIMBUCTOO - TOMBSTONES - MADEMOISELLE - PEARL - THE THIEF - CLAIR DE LUNE - WAITER, A "BOCK" - AFTER - FORGIVENESS - IN THE SPRING - A QUEER NIGHT IN PARIS - THAT COSTLY RIDE - USELESS BEAUTY - THE FATHER - MY UNCLE - SOSTHENES - THE BARONESS - MOTHER AND SON - THE HAND - A TRESS OF HAIR - ON THE RIVER - THE CRIPPLE - A STROLL - ALEXANDRE - THE LOG - JULIE ROMAIN - THE RONDOLI SISTERS