Six contes

French literature in Reclams red series: This is the original French text - unabridged and unedited, with word explanations at the bottom of each page, a postscript, and literary references. Six novellas - set in rural environments and in the city, at the sites of the Franco-Prussian War and in realms of dreadful fantasy - that document the thematic and stylistic diversity of Maupassant's narrative works: Le Gueux, La Ficelle, La Parure, La Folle, L'Aventure de Walter Schnaffs, Le Horla. French reading: Level B2 (GER).