A Day in the Country and Other Stories

by Guy de Maupassant · 1881

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In addition to the poignant title story, this selection of 27 comic and cruel stories includes The Necklace, and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness.

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1880s1880sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 336 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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