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* SocialClimber: George Duroy, the title character of "Bel-Ami". A handsome but otherwise talentless opportunist, he manages to gets an increasingly privileged position within the small world of Parisian journalism and bourgeoisie, [[BehindEveryGreatMan mostly thanks to the support of his various mistresses]]. The novel ends with him successfully plotting a divorce and a lucrative second marriage, and entertaining the idea of getting into politics.
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* SocialClimber: George Duroy, the title character of "Bel-Ami". A handsome but otherwise talentless opportunist, he manages to gets an increasingly privileged position within the small bourgeois world of Parisian journalism and bourgeoisie, journalism, [[BehindEveryGreatMan mostly thanks to the support of his various mistresses]]. The novel ends with him successfully plotting a divorce and a lucrative second marriage, and entertaining the idea of getting into politics.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Maupasssant, like many other artists of his time, loathed the Eiffel Tower and supposedly quipped that it hosted his favorite restaurant, the only one in Paris where he didn't have to see it.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Maupasssant, Maupassant, like many other artists of his time, loathed the Eiffel Tower and supposedly reportedly quipped that it hosted his favorite restaurant, the only one in Paris where he didn't have to see it.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The protagonist at the end of "The Horla"]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The protagonist at the end of "The Horla"]]Horla".]]
* EiffelTowerEffect: Maupasssant, like many other artists of his time, loathed the Eiffel Tower and supposedly quipped that it hosted his favorite restaurant, the only one in Paris where he didn't have to see it.
* EiffelTowerEffect: Maupasssant, like many other artists of his time, loathed the Eiffel Tower and supposedly quipped that it hosted his favorite restaurant, the only one in Paris where he didn't have to see it.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Very much on the side of cynicism, much like his mentor Creator/GustaveFlaubert. Most of his work involves venal or dimwitted characters trapped in unhappy situations, making their and other people's life worse, [[DownerEnding Downer Endings]] or situations where TheBadGuysWin.
* SocialClimber: George Duroy, the title character of "Bel-Ami". A handsome but otherwise talentless opportunist, he manages to gets an increasingly privileged position within the small world of Parisian journalism and bourgeoisie, [[BehindEveryGreatMan mostly thanks to the support of his various mistresses]]. The novel ends with him successfully plotting a divorce and a lucrative second marriage, and entertaining the idea of getting into politics.
* SocialClimber: George Duroy, the title character of "Bel-Ami". A handsome but otherwise talentless opportunist, he manages to gets an increasingly privileged position within the small world of Parisian journalism and bourgeoisie, [[BehindEveryGreatMan mostly thanks to the support of his various mistresses]]. The novel ends with him successfully plotting a divorce and a lucrative second marriage, and entertaining the idea of getting into politics.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: A lot of his stories takes place in his native Normandy region, and/or involves French bourgeois society he was familiar with. Several of them have also been analyzed as reflecting his own issues with mental illness, most notably "The Horla".
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His famous stories include ''Boule de Suif'' (about a stagecoach of refugees in the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), ''The Necklace'' (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and ''The Horla'' (a horror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft, of all people).
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His famous stories include ''Boule de Suif'' (about a stagecoach of refugees in the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), ''The Necklace'' (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and ''The Horla'' (a horror PsychologicalHorror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft, of all people).
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* EvilHand: "The Hand".
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* HelpingHands: "The Hand", [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe]].
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** Also Rachel, who kills a DepravedBisexual Prussian officer in Mademoiselle Fifi
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The title character of "Boule de Suif"; the unnamed Italian woman in "Idylle".
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The title character of "Boule de Suif"; Suif" (a rough translation would be "Butterball"); the unnamed Italian woman in "Idylle".
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* StormInATeacup: A rare case of this trope being PlayedForDrama is found in "Literature/TheNecklace". The borrowed diamond necklace, which the protagonist spends a decade paying after losing it, turns out to have been faux jewelry.
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.
ShortStory.
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His famous stories include ''Boule de Suif'' (about a stagecoach of refugees in the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), ''The Necklace'' (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and ''The Horla'' (a horror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft).
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His famous stories include ''Boule de Suif'' (about a stagecoach of refugees in the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), ''The Necklace'' (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and ''The Horla'' (a horror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft).Creator/HPLovecraft, of all people).
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His famous stories include "Boule de Suif" (about a stagecoach of refugees in the Franco-Prussian war), "The Necklace" (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and "The Horla" (a horror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft).
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His famous stories include "Boule ''Boule de Suif" Suif'' (about a stagecoach of refugees in the Franco-Prussian war), "The Necklace" UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), ''The Necklace'' (about a woman who loses a borrowed diamond necklace), and "The Horla" ''The Horla'' (a horror story which was an inspiration to Creator/HPLovecraft).
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* ''Film/LePlaisir'', French film anthology of three of his stories
!!Other works by Guy de Maupassant provide examples of:
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* ''Film/LePlaisir'', French film anthology of adapting three of his stories
!!Other works by Guy de Maupassant !!Maupassant's works provide examples of:of:
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* RapeAsDrama: In "Boule de Suif", [[spoiler:Boule de Suif is forced by the other passengers into sleeping with the officer so he will allow the coach to continue on. No one so much as thanks her for this.]]
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* RapeAsDrama: In "Boule ''Boule de Suif", [[spoiler:Boule Suif'', Boule de Suif is forced by the other passengers into sleeping with the officer so he will allow the coach to continue on. No one No-one so much as thanks her for this.]]
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* UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar: The setting of some stories, like "Boule de Suif".
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundaneMaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A trademark of his horror stories, whose protagonists are often AuthorAvatar (such that the RealitySubtext of them losing their grip of reality as they succumb to mental illness is ''really'' severe). Indeed, many critics interpret them as straightforward psychological studies where the notion that the ghosts and creatures are literally real should not be seriously entertained beyond a surface reading.
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* UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar: The setting of some stories, like "Boule de Suif".
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The protagonist of "The Horla" [[spoiler: eventually sets fire to his house while the titular creature is "trapped" inside. [[HopeSpot He believes he's won against it]], but then feel its presence again...]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The protagonist at the end of "The Horla"]]
* EldritchAbomination: The titular Horla. It's an invisible being that [[VampiricDraining drains]] human vitality, causing intense fevers and insomnia, with the protagonist experiencing a chilling feeling of BeingWatched and having something sit on his chest. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Brazilian peasants are experiencing the exact same things and are desperately fleeing their homes]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The protagonist at the end of "The Horla"]]
* EldritchAbomination: The titular Horla. It's an invisible being that [[VampiricDraining drains]] human vitality, causing intense fevers and insomnia, with the protagonist experiencing a chilling feeling of BeingWatched and having something sit on his chest. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Brazilian peasants are experiencing the exact same things and are desperately fleeing their homes]].
* MustBeInvited: The protagonist of "The Horla" waves to a Brazilian three-mast ship, kickstarting the plot by inviting the Horla into his house.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied the Horla is real and it's not just the protagonist going insane]].
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "The Horla". [[spoiler: Except that the protagonist's experiments to determine if he's insane or not, and the reports of Brazilian peasants experiencing the same symptoms, imply that the protagonist might not be mad]].
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!!See also
* ''Film/LePlaisir'', French film anthology of three of his stories
* ''Film/LePlaisir'', French film anthology of three of his stories
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* KillItWithFire: At the end of "The Horla", the narrator [[spoiler:sets his house on fire to get rid of the invisible creature. He then feels that the creature is still there.]]
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* KillItWithFire: KillItWithFire:
** At the end of "The Horla", the narrator [[spoiler:sets his house on fire to get rid of the invisible creature. He then feels that the creature is still there.]]]]
** The title character of "Mother Savage" [[spoiler:sets her house on fire to kill the young Prussian soldiers quartered with her after she learns of her son's death in the war]].
** At the end of "The Horla", the narrator [[spoiler:sets his house on fire to get rid of the invisible creature. He then feels that the creature is still there.
** The title character of "Mother Savage" [[spoiler:sets her house on fire to kill the young Prussian soldiers quartered with her after she learns of her son's death in the war]].
