Project Gutenberg 2005-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 447 Maupassant, Guy de 1850 1893 De Maupassant, Guy The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 The Old Maid -- The Awakening -- In the Spring -- The Jennet -- Rust -- The Substitute -- The Relic -- The Man with the Blue Eyes -- Allouma -- A Family Affair -- The Odalisque of Senichou -- A Good Match -- A Fashionable Woman -- The Carnival of Love -- A Deer Park in the Provinces -- The White Lady -- Caught -- Christmas Eve -- Words of Love -- A Divorce Case -- Who Knows? -- Simon's Papa -- Paul's Mistress -- The Rabbit -- The Twenty-Five Francs of the Mother Superior -- The Venus of Braniza -- La Morillonne -- Waiter, A "Bock" -- Regret -- The Port -- The Hermit -- The Orderly -- Duchoux -- Old Amable -- Magnetism. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4" by Guy de Maupassant is a collection of short stories likely written during the late 19th century. This volume features such narratives as "The Old Maid" and "The Awakening," exploring themes of love, loss, solitude, and human relationships through vivid character portraits and atmospheric settings. It presents the complexities of social life and the emotional struggles of its characters, often revealing deeper insights into the human condition. At the start of "The Old Maid," the narrative introduces Count Eustache d'Etchegorry, who has retreated to a rundown country house with his daughter, Marie-des-Anges, after experiencing personal and financial decline. This seclusion takes a toll on Marie-des-Anges, who navigates a life of quiet desperation, reflecting on her longing for love and the burden of her father's bitterness. The tension between her dreams and her dark reality is palpable, setting the stage for her romantic entanglements and emotional turmoil as she yearns for connection in a world constrained by societal expectations and familial obligations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories, French -- Translations into English French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Category: Short Stories Category: French Literature 627801 2025-08-07T11:13:58.853302 text/html 633710 2020-12-13T12:13:28 text/html 328170 2025-08-07T11:14:09.078253 application/epub+zip 336865 2025-08-07T11:14:02.422277 application/epub+zip 314790 2025-08-07T11:14:01.007267 application/epub+zip 626203 2025-08-07T11:14:14.307189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596568 2025-08-07T11:14:08.163209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565259 2022-09-08T10:46:46.588914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 600303 2025-08-07T11:13:57.352296 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 600512 2020-12-13T12:13:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 600523 2020-12-13T12:13:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21206 2025-08-07T11:14:14.438181 application/rdf+xml 17381 2025-08-07T11:14:01.527236 image/jpeg 3872 2025-08-07T11:14:01.265267 image/jpeg 229407 2020-12-13T12:13:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 235998 2020-12-13T12:13:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 229280 2020-12-13T12:13:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 322775 2025-08-07T11:13:58.904376 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia