Talk:Guy de Maupassant

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Biography from preface in public domain text

A search of the article history will show who wrote it. The Gutenburg texts contain copious amounts of public domain biography and analysis, it is almost certainly from there. Stbalbach 02:52, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Maupassant / Simenon 2 a piece of string 3 a piece of string2 4 Humble drame

[edit] Maupassant / Simenon

I am not sure that the comparison between Maupassant and Simenon is appropriate. Maupassant is still regarded in France as a major literary figure, whereas Simenon is a very good recreation. The two popularities are very different.

[edit] a piece of string

who is the narrator in the story and what is his/her relation to the story????!!!!

[edit] a piece of string2

WHAT IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE STORY " A PIECE OF STRING" BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT???

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[edit] Humble drame

I translated Château de Murol from the French Wikipedia. It includes description of the castle from Maupassant's short story Humble drame which appeared in "Contes du jour at de la nuit" (1885). I would like to include a translation and could do it myself, but it occurs to me that somewhere there is an existing translation by someone with some literary expertise that would be better than my efforts. Unfortunatly, search as I may, I have been unable to find this story in English anywhere on the Internet. If anyone can point me in the right direction or has an English version I would be very grateful. Emeraude 15:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Finally found it at [1]. Emeraude 16:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)