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Includes The Necklace, Butterball, The Tellier House, On the Water, Mademoiselle Fifi, The Mask, The Inn, A Day in the Country, The Hand, The Jewels, The Model, The Entity (The Horla) These stories—poignant scrutinies of social pretension, wicked tales of lust and love, and harrowing... read more

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She was one of those pretty and charming girls who, as if through some blunder of fate, are born into a family of pen pushers.

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The Necklace
Butterball
The Tellier House
On the Water
Mademoiselle Fifi
The Mask
The Inn
A Day in the Country
The Hand
The Jewels
The Model
The Entity (The Horla)

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  1. Guy de Maupassant (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library Series
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0679641726
Page Count: 224

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