Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was a French writer of the late nineteenth century, known for his short stories and novels.
His name appears in literary discussions as shorthand for masterful short fiction—economical, psychologically acute, often with a twist: She writes in the Maupassant tradition.
His work influenced generations of short story writers.
Brief prose narratives
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- realismAccepting things as they are
- French literatureWritten works from France
- novellasMid-length fictional works
Flaubert · prose · irony · twist endings · pessimism · storytelling · narrative · satire
Capitalist ownership class
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
- warArmed struggle between groups
- peasantryRural working class
greed · deception · disillusionment · fate · class · prostitution · marriage · poverty
Russian short-story master
- O. HenryAmerican short story writer
- TurgenevRussian realist writer
- literary realismAccurate portrayal of everyday life
- Henry James"The Ambassadors" author
Tolstoy · Zola · world literature · anthologies · translation
Northern French coastal region
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- syphilisSpirochete-caused venereal infection
- asylumShelter from persecution
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
Paris · Franco-Prussian War · civil servant · yachting · sailor · womanizer · Mediterranean · premature death
short stories
Brief prose narratives
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- realismAccepting things as they are
- French literatureWritten works from France
Flaubert · novellas · prose · irony · twist endings · pessimism · storytelling · narrative · satire · craft
bourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
peasantry · greed · deception · disillusionment · fate · class · prostitution · marriage · poverty · vanity
Chekhov
Russian short-story master
- O. HenryAmerican short story writer
- TurgenevRussian realist writer
- literary realismAccurate portrayal of everyday life
Tolstoy · Zola · Henry James · world literature · anthologies · translation
Normandy
Northern French coastal region
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- syphilisSpirochete-caused venereal infection
- asylumShelter from persecution
nineteenth century · Paris · Franco-Prussian War · civil servant · yachting · sailor · womanizer · Mediterranean · premature death · hallucinations
MaupassantMarcel Proust
Victor Hugo · Henry James · James Joyce · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Virginia Woolf
MaupassantMarcel Proust
Leo Tolstoy · Victor Hugo · Alexandre Dumas · Charles Dickens · Émile Zola
MaupassantLeo Tolstoy
Victor Hugo · Charles Dickens · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Dostoevsky · George Sand