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
In general, the stories in “Ashenden” fall into two types: Some show the influence of Maupassant and end with an unexpected shock, while others seem like almost Chekhovian portraits of human frailty and misery.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2019
Once, they had ventured into “The Necklace,” by Maupassant, and at a rehearsal Bella had watched with abhorrence the boy who was playing her insignificant husband kick open an imaginary door.
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017
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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