Maupassant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It would be years yet before I would see “Operation Beton,” his debut documentary of 1955, and “Une Femme Coquette,” his 1956 feature short adapted from the Maupassant story “The Sign.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
I love Normandy, only two hours from Paris — a land of great authors, such as Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Besides rereading Marcel Proust, he’s recently read Gustave Flaubert’s novel “Sentimental Education,” George Eliot’s novel “Middlemarch” and stories by Guy de Maupassant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020
Maupassant, after all, was an avid boater himself.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2020
Instead, to Gogol Ganguli’s relief, they take turns reading aloud from “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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