History Creator / GuyDeMaupassant

* BigBeautifulWoman: The title character of "Boule de Suif".

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Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893) was a French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.

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).

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).

* ''Literature/TheNecklace''
* ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAMadman''
* ''[[Literature/SimonsPapa Simon's Papa]]''

* BigBeautifulWoman: ''Boule de Suif''
* BuryYourDisabled: The title character in ''The Blind Man''.
* CosmicHorrorStory: ''The Horla''.

* FoodPorn: ''The Legend of Mont. St Michel'' and every other short story.
* HelpingHands: ''The Hand'', [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The title character in ''Boule de Suif''.
* 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.]]
* KnifeThrowingAct: ''The Artist'' concerns a circus knife thrower who wants to kill his wife. It is hinted that he might do this by feigning an accident while she acts as his target girl. The twist is that he finds this impossible because he has trained himself so well that his reflexes prevent it.

* 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.]]

* ShotgunWedding: In ''Les Sabots'' ("the clogs" -- "mixing our clogs" being an euphemism for "having sex"), a young naive servant is pregnant of her fifty-five years old master. The story ends with the announcement of their wedding.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: ''The Horla''.
* UngratefulBastard: All the other passengers in ''Boule de Suif''.
* UnreliableNarrator: ''The Horla''.

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).

* "Literature/TheNecklace"
* "Literature/TheDiaryOfAMadman"

* AmbitionIsEvil: "Bel Ami"
* BigBeautifulWoman: "Boule de Suif"
* BuryYourDisabled: The title character in "The Blind Man".
* CosmicHorrorStory: "The Horla".

* HelpingHands: "The Hand", [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The title character in "Boule de Suif".
* 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.]]
* KnifeThrowingAct: "The Artist" concerns a circus knife thrower who wants to kill his wife. It is hinted that he might do this by feigning an accident while she acts as his target girl. The twist is that he finds this impossible because he has trained himself so well that his reflexes prevent it.

* 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.]]

* ShotgunWedding: In "Les Sabots" ("the clogs" -- "mixing our clogs" being an euphemism for "having sex"), a young naive servant is pregnant of her fifty-five years old master. The story ends with the announcement of their wedding.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "The Horla".
* UngratefulBastard: All the other passengers in "Boule de Suif".
* UnreliableNarrator: "The Horla".

Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893) was a French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.

* KarmicTwistEnding: The main character of "The Necklace" borrows a diamond necklace from her jeweler friend to wear at a state gala. She ends up losing it, and instead of telling her friend the truth, she and her husband have a replacement made and return that one, borrowing so much money that they end up struggling in debt for ten years. Just after they finally repay all the loans, she sees her friend for the first time in a decade and tells the woman the story of the necklace. Her horrified friend then informs her that the necklace had been fake and was only worth one-seventieth of what they paid for the replacement.

* VillainProtagonist: "Un fou" is the diary of a murderous judge who strangles a young boy, clefts a fisherman's head with a spade and guilotines the fisherman's nephew charged with the murder.

* ''Literature/TheNecklace''
* ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAMadman''

* "Literature/TheNecklace"

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* VillainProtagonist: "Un fou" is the diary of a murderus judge who strangles a young boy, clefts a fisherman's head with a spade and guilotines the fisherman's nephew charged with the murder.

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Boule de Suif is forced by the other passengers into sleeping with the officer. No one so much as thanks her for this.]]

* KillItWithFire: At the end of "The Horla", the narrator [[spoiler:sets his house on fire to get ride of the invisible creature. He then feels that the creature is still there.]]

* ShotgunWedding: In "Les Sabots" ("the clogs" -- "mixing our clogs" being an euphemism for "having sex"), a young naive servant is pregnant of her fifty-five years old master. The story ends with the announce of their wedding.

* AmbitionIsEvil: ''Bel Ami''
* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: "The Hand", [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe]]
* BigBeautifulWoman: ''Boule de Suif''

* KillItWithFire: At the end of "The Horla", the narrator [[spoiler: sets his house on fire to get ride of the invisible creature. He then feels that the creature is still there.]]

* ShotgunWedding: In "Les Sabots" ("the clogs" - "mixing our clogs" being an euphemism for "having sex"), a young naive servant is pregnant of her fifty-five years old master. The story ends with the announce of their wedding.

* UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar: The setting of some short stories. Maupassant actually took part in it.

* SelfPlagiarism: He wrote two versions of the Horla and the severed hand.

* BuryYourDisabled: The title character in "The Blind Man".