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Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
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A Ghost
A man is asked to collect some items from a house where the lover of an old acquaintance recently died.
(Horror)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
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A Piece of String
A man picks up a piece of string, an act which unfortunately coincides with the loss of a mayor's pocket book.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:2 stars
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Abandoned
On two couples' trip to the seaside a long-held wish is finally fulfilled.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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An Uncomfortable Bed
A man is certain his friends are about to play a practical joke on him ...
(Crime,Fiction)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Boule de Suif
Maupassant's short masterpiece following the journey of a group of civilians during the Franco-Prussian war.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 42 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Fear
A man describes the most frightening night of his life.
(Horror)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Mademoiselle Fifi
A group of bored Prussian soldiers amuse themselves destructively while holed up in a French chateau.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Maison Tellier
The five girls and the refined, virtuous Madame of a Normandy brothel shut up shop in order to attend a confirmation.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 25 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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Miss Harriet
While travelling in Normandy a young artist meets a singularly unfriendly older woman.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 22 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:1 stars
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My Uncle Jules
A poor family set their hopes on the return of a previously good-for-nothing uncle who left for America to seek his fortune.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Confession
Suzanne stays at the bedside of her dying sister, who she has lived with her whole life.
(Crime)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Devil
An avaricious farmer makes arangements to have his dying mother looked after so he can get his crop in.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: January 2001
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Horla
Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.
(Horror,Sci-Fi)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Inn
When one of the winter caretakers of an isolated mountain inn goes missing, loneliness beings to take its toll on the other.
(Horror)
- Date Added: June 2001
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Man With The Pale Eyes
A magistrate is visited by a doctor who hides a dark secret behind his penetrating pale blue eyes.
(Crime)
- Date Added: April 2010
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Necklace
A poor woman borrows a necklace from a rich friend. Classic twisty tale.
(Fiction)
- Date Added: September 2000
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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