About the Book: Best of Guy De Maupassant
Maupassant’s experiences in the army during the Anglo-Prussian War provided him
with ingredients for some of his finest short stories. He wrote about 300 short
stories and six novels. But despite his wealth and fame, he was deeply
distressed as his promiscuous and colourful life had afflicted him with
syphilis. He started hallucinating, and in 1892 even tried to commit suicide.
Confined to a lunatic asylum in Paris, Maupassant died on 6 July 1893. This
collection showcases some of his most admired short stories such as ‘Ball of
Fat’, Francis He?—each dealing with a plethora of emotions. Meet Maupassant