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*Guy de Maupassant wrote short stories like "The Necklace" and "Bel Amim, " but he also wrote poetry and novels. He was an author of the naturalistic school.
Guy de Maupassant was probably born at the Château de Miromesniel, Dieppe on August 5, 1850. His paternal ancestors were noble, and his maternal grandfather, Paul Le Poittevin, was Gustave Flaubert's godfather. His parents separated when he was 11 years old. Maupassant stayed with his mother, who was a friend of Gustave Flaubert. .*
*Maupassant wrote short stories like "The Necklace" and "Bel Ami, " but he also wrote poetry and novels. In all, he wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. He was an author of the naturalistic school. In "Maupassant writes:
"The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction."
His famous creations were:-
The Necklace
The Mad Woman
An Affair of State
*Abandoned At Sea
*After a suicide attempt in 1891(he tried to cut his throat), Guy de Maupassant spent the last 18 months of his life in a Paris mental home(the celebrated private asylum of Dr. Espirit Blanche
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