Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Maupassant, Guy de 1850 1893 De Maupassant, Guy Monsieur Parent, et autres histoires courtes Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Parent Monsieur Parent -- La bête à Mait'Belhomme -- A vendre -- L'inconnue -- La confidence -- Le baptême -- Imprudence -- Un fou -- Tribunaux rustiques -- L'épingle -- Les bécasses -- En wagon -- Ça ira -- Découverte -- Solitude -- Au bord du lit -- Petit soldat. Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. "Monsieur Parent, et autres histoires courtes" by "Guy de Maupassant" is a collection of short stories likely written during the late 19th century. The narrative centers around a man named Henri Parent, who is portrayed as a tender, yet increasingly anxious father grappling with the complexities of his family life, especially in relation to his dominant wife, Henriette, and their young son, Georges. The dynamics of their household are complicated further by the presence of a servant named Julie, whose opinions about Henriette and her growing animosity towards her create tension in the home. The opening of the book introduces us to the characters and their current circumstances. Henri Parent is shown interacting lovingly with his son Georges in a public park, but as the scene unfolds, we learn of the underlying strains in his marriage and his feelings of dread surrounding his formidable wife's authority. After a series of domestic tensions and interactions with Julie, the servant, Parent's anxiety mounts, culminating in shocking revelations about infidelity and fatherhood that leave him devastated. The beginning lays the groundwork for a tale of jealousy, despair, and the emotional aftermath of betrayal as Parent grapples with the possibility that his son may not be his biological child. This intricate depiction of ordinary family life intertwined with deeper emotional struggles is characteristic of Maupassant's work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text FR Nouvelles Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 332264 2025-07-05T12:35:04.240955 text/html 306475 2024-10-28T19:06:01 text/html 204465 2025-07-05T12:35:11.892427 application/epub+zip 208689 2025-07-05T12:35:07.419008 application/epub+zip 191180 2025-07-05T12:35:06.241954 application/epub+zip 411183 2025-07-05T12:35:15.070395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411826 2025-07-05T12:35:11.160473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381906 2022-09-06T18:13:59.227882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304215 2023-10-06T03:31:57.412005 text/plain 284227 2024-10-28T19:06:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16911 2025-07-05T12:35:15.204391 application/rdf+xml 15988 2025-07-05T12:35:06.747969 image/jpeg 3587 2025-07-05T12:35:06.492947 image/jpeg 199343 2025-07-05T12:35:04.268952 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia