Selected Short Stories by Maupassant

This book selects Maupassant's most representative short stories and short stories, including popular masterpieces such as "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules", as well as the twists and turns of "The Olive Garden" and "Pierrot". "The Necklace" uses a necklace as a clue to unfold the story. Its layout is unconventional and has been included in middle school Chinese textbooks; "My Uncle Jules" reveals and satirizes the alienation of relationships between people in class society. Maupassant was good at cutting out typical fragments from ordinary and trivial things, and summarizing the reality of life with small insights. His novels have unique conceptions, ups and downs of plots, vivid and detailed descriptions, and lifelike characters, which make people have endless aftertaste after reading them.