
A selection of Maupassant's brilliant glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde & Normandy countryside Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) Maupassant's works available in Penguin Classics are A Parisian Affair & Other Stories Bel-Ami & Pierre & Jean