Maupassant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I had assumed, ignorantly, that I didn’t have to read him, such was Zola’s reputation as an artist inferior to Flaubert and Maupassant.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 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
A doctor, an artist and a madam appear in vignettes from stories by Guy de Maupassant.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020
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
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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