Guy Maupassant: 1044 books

Un jour Massival, le musicien, le célèbre auteur de Rebecca, celui que, depuis quinze ans déjà, on appelait « le jeune et illustre maître », dit à André Mariolle, son ami : — Pourquoi ne t’es-tu jamais fait présenter à Mme Michèle de Burne ? Je t’assure que c’est une des...

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Julia Tellier, the well-respected madam of a small-town whorehouse, takes her girls on an outing to her brother's village to attend the first communion of her niece. Her regular patrons are taken aback when they discover the whorehouse closed without explanation that Saturday night. One finally discovers...

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BnF collection ebooks - "Quand la caissière lui eut rendu la monnaie de sa pièce de cent sous, Georges Duroy sortit du restaurant. Comme il portait beau, par nature et par pose d'ancien sous-officier, il cambra sa taille, frisa sa moustache d'un geste militaire et familier, et jeta sur les dîneurs...

BnF collection ebooks - "MADAME DE RONCHARD (après avoir salué M. Martinel, qui lui donnait le bras, va s'asseoir à droite, puis) : Gilberte ! Gilberte ! GILBERTE (quittant le bras de Jean) : Ma tante? MADAME DE RONCHARD: Le café, mon enfant! GILBERTE (s'approchant de la table) : J'y vais, ma tante. MADAME DE RONCHARD: Prends garde à ta robe!"

In the family castle , the young Berthe reads the his grandmother newspaper. Political pages do not excite , she wants to hear about love. Berthe reads the story of a woman who threw vitriol in the figure of her husband's mistress , who was paid to the applause of the crowd. Then, it is a mature...

As every year , Gaston will do the kings in Chantal and , surprise, he's the king, who has to choose a queen. This will be Miss Pearl ...  

Saint Michel ruled the rock and surrounding cays , while Satan had all the nice fat land. Saint Michel unable to do more of his poverty proposes a deal : he will give him half of the crops and will do all the work. Satan, who is a slacker , agrees . Saint Michael asks him if he wants crops that are...

Jean Marin , son of a provincial bailiff had gone to Paris to study law in the Latin Quarter . He had become friends with students paid policy. Later , having had no success as a lawyer he renewed acquaintance with one of his student friends had meanwhile become MP. It serves as his handyman and...

The Samoris Countess arrived in Paris a few years there is a courtesan who collects men , relationships do not last more than six weeks . Yveline , his daughter, is a young beautiful and innocent girl . She surprises one day the conversation of two men about his mother that he deals with luxury prostitute .  

The old baron Ravots is now paralyzed for six years and can not hunt . In good weather , we took him on a chair on the porch with a servant to load the rifles and another to let go pigeons . So he spends his days . When comes the season of the hunt, all hunters in the area are invited to...

The two friends were getting near the end of their dinner. Through the cafe windows they could see the Boulevard, crowded with people. They could feel the gentle breezes which are wafted over Paris on warm summer evenings and make you feel like going out somewhere, you care not where, under the trees, and make you dream of moonlit rivers, of fireflies and of larks.