Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 -1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the Short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school.
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,.
Maupassant was a prot g of Gustave Flaubert and his Stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless d nouements (outcomes).
Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 -1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the Short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school