Collection of Short Stories by Maupassant

Maupassant is like China's Lu Xun, boldly satirizing the dark and pedantic society at that time.

Maupassant's short stories are indeed sonorous and powerful, making people sigh after reading them. Although each story is short, it reveals the darkness and oppression of the society at that time.

After reading it, I couldn't calm down for a long time. When I read every story in the article, I feel that there are some plots, as if it is about myself, and I feel that some people are the people around me. Art comes from life, and stories reflect real human nature with fictional plots. The characters in the story are mixed with various human characteristics: selfish, narrow-minded, stingy, timid, vain, vicious, and cruel. , Nevertheless, I still like this famous saying of Maupassant: "Life will never be as good as you imagine, but it will never be as bad as you imagine."

When I read it, I always felt like I was reading and comprehending it. However, I was a little bit disappointed when I finished reading Ball of Suet at the end.

After reading this book, I can completely understand why Maupassant is known as one of the three greatest short story writers in the world. Maupassant's use of vivid description and artistic storytelling earned him that title. The story of Ball of Suif and the message about social class he deeply portrayed in it deeply stayed in my heart. I think that Maupassant used Ball of Suet to euphemistically reveal the problem of the relationship between people of different social classes. The author expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the selfishness and disregard of others by the aristocrats and wealthy people in the society at that time.

In terms of material selection, Maupassant was not interested in special or peculiar events. His short stories were all based on stories or scenes of daily life, describing the human condition in daily life. It is as plain and accurate as real life. There is no artificial arrangement or fabricated drama. It does not win with a thrilling beginning or a shocking ending, but with a real and natural narrative art and descriptive art that attracts people. After reading it many years later, I always feel that the endings of Maupassant's novels are always very abrupt and unexpected. Like Simon's father, Ball-of-Fat has only studied excerpts in school. Now after reading the whole novel, I feel that she is so respectable and lovely as a person at the bottom, while those so-called decent people are indeed so hateful.

These are all spiritual food, but why did Maupassant die in his forties? In the end, he suffered a nervous breakdown and died of grief and anger. Is this justified? I can not understand. Those who criticize reality will eventually be swallowed up by reality.

I have always liked reading novels. I think novels are a literary medium that can truly reflect the background of the times. The author can express what he sees, hears, and thinks in words. Most of Maupassant's novels are short stories, not long in length, with scenes ranging from battlefields to marketplaces, about nobles and beggars, with dark moments and warm moments. It is these "ordinary-looking" novels that constitute the author's understanding of that era and leave us with one thought-provoking story after another, allowing us to peek into a corner of that era and gain more insights about ourselves and life.

Connotation, ridicule, humanity

Maupassant's short stories and short stories are so wonderful! His writing is vivid, his characters are distinct, and his experiences are real, making me feel the same way. Just like I abandoned my studies to work and now regret it, many people may make mistakes and regret in life. However, Maupassant's novels also made me understand that we should cherish the present, live hard, and not let ourselves regret it. This book is really worth reading!

It turns out that human nature has always been like this, so there's nothing to worry about.

The writing style is natural and real, the inner activities of the characters are described delicately and vividly, and the insights are thorough and profound.

I like Maupassant's works very much. The humor is sarcastic and gives people a warning!

It is difficult to paint the skin of a person, but it is difficult to paint the bones of a person. Knowing the person, knowing the face, but not the heart.

In the child's heart, father is such a weighty word, a source of warmth and strength. Although the mother has many concerns, these are small and insignificant for the sake of the child. There will eventually be a new family.

Birth, old age, illness and death, succession and transition. Life is like a play, people cry, people laugh, people are on the stage, people are on the stage. Hypocrisy and cunning, bad and selfish, you seem to be a "person", but you seem not to be a "person". You say human nature is inherently good, but you see human nature as hypocritical. Complex creatures, complex emotions, and complex intertwining fates paint one life after another.

Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

Short and concise, to the point, analyzing human nature, and enjoyable.

I prefer "Ball of Suif", "Simon's Father" and "The Necklace". "The Devil" and "Family" are similar. I feel that I prefer Chekhov's novels.

The characters are deeply described, and the story is short but meaningful.

It's great, and it fully exposes the ugly side of human nature.

The sharp sentences and true emotional expressions make people feel deeply meaningful when reading it, and they can't put it down.

Very good book

I particularly like this book

The aversion to war and the thinking about human nature are all shown from the perspective of the people at the bottom.

The translation is very good, give the translator a thumbs up