Archive for March, 2007
Misti–Recollections of a Bachelor
Posted on March 21, 2007. Filed under: Guy de Maupassant, Romance, Short Stories |
by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
Word Count: 1921
I was very much interested at that time in a droll little woman. She was married, of course, as I have a horror of unmarried flirts. What enjoyment is there in making love to a woman who belongs to nobody and yet belongs to any one? And, besides, morality [...]
The Piece of String
Posted on March 19, 2007. Filed under: Guy de Maupassant, Short Stories |
by GUY DE MAUPASSANT
ALONG ALL THE ROADS around Goderville the peasants and their wives were coming toward the burgh because it was market day. The men were proceeding with slow steps, the whole body bent forward at each movement of their long twisted legs; deformed by their hard work, by the weight on the plow [...]
