Questions tagged [guy-de-maupassant]
For questions about the works of Guy de Maupassant and his life as a writer. Use this tag with the tag [french-literature]. Use this tag with the [french-literature] tag.
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Why did Madame Roland confess to Jean that he is the legitimate son of Maréchal instead of Pierre?
Reading Pierre et Jean, we know that Pierre is the legitimate son of Maréchal yet Madame Roland confessed to Jean instead that he is his true son. Why is this the case?
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Why did the waiter send Varajou where he did?
In Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Wrong House" (available on Project Gutenberg along with all of Guy de Maupassant's short stories), Quartermaster Varajou wishes to find a brothel, and asks a ...
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Why and how did the orphan kill his adoptive mother?
While seeking the answer to a story-identification question the other day, I got sucked into a collection of Guy de Maupassant's short stories. (Have fun!) One of them, "The Orphan", is about a woman, ...
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In de Maupassant's Two Friends, why does the colonel allow the two men to go into a warzone?
In Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant, the two men wish to go fishing in a warzone and are allowed to do so by the colonel who controls the checkkpoint between the safety of Paris and the warzone ...
