A selection of Maupassant short stories selected by Korean language teachers
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Book Introduction
He has a keen insight into the human heart and has insight into the unexpected truths hidden in the human world.
Transcending human disillusionment, it illuminated not only French but also world literature.
The greatest masterpiece of Maupassant, the explorer of the human mind praised by Tolstoy and Nietzsche!
Maupassant, a French naturalist writer recognized by his teacher Flaubert, who did not spare a strict whip, and revered as the founder of the modern short story, has chewed over the colorful world of Maupassant, who is known for his lessons on luxury and vanity, sad and heartbreaking love stories, and the ugly selfishness and hypocrisy caused by war, with a concise and lively writing style. Twelve of Maupassant's representative works, shining like jewels and imbued with the true value and artistry of life, have been newly published as "A Collection of Maupassant Short Stories Selected by Korean Language Teachers: Necklace and Others" so that students and teenagers preparing for essays and the college entrance exam can easily read them.
Transcending human disillusionment, it illuminated not only French but also world literature.
The greatest masterpiece of Maupassant, the explorer of the human mind praised by Tolstoy and Nietzsche!
Maupassant, a French naturalist writer recognized by his teacher Flaubert, who did not spare a strict whip, and revered as the founder of the modern short story, has chewed over the colorful world of Maupassant, who is known for his lessons on luxury and vanity, sad and heartbreaking love stories, and the ugly selfishness and hypocrisy caused by war, with a concise and lively writing style. Twelve of Maupassant's representative works, shining like jewels and imbued with the true value and artistry of life, have been newly published as "A Collection of Maupassant Short Stories Selected by Korean Language Teachers: Necklace and Others" so that students and teenagers preparing for essays and the college entrance exam can easily read them.
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index
Header - 4
Necklace - 11
Jewel - 26
Moonlight - 38
Fat lump - 46
Terry's House - 108
Uncle Jules - 154
The Chair Fixer - 168
Two Friends - 181
Simon's Dad - 194
Mountain Lodge - 209
String - 234
Thief - 244
Chronology - 251
Necklace - 11
Jewel - 26
Moonlight - 38
Fat lump - 46
Terry's House - 108
Uncle Jules - 154
The Chair Fixer - 168
Two Friends - 181
Simon's Dad - 194
Mountain Lodge - 209
String - 234
Thief - 244
Chronology - 251
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“No, poor thing.
Mathilde… … .
“How did it change like this?”
“Yeah, you’ve had a hard time.
Since we last met… … .
“All that hardship was because of your necklace!”
"It was because of my necklace? No, why?" "Do you remember that diamond necklace I borrowed from you to go to the Minister of Education's ball?"
“Yeah, but?”
“I lost it then.”
“What? Why, you gave it back to me?”
“The one I returned looked the same, but it was a new one.
It took me a full ten years to pay off the necklace.
You can probably imagine what a trial that must have been for us, who had no time to spare…
But now it's all resolved.
“My heart feels relieved.”
--- p.24
He was in debt and couldn't afford the money, so he resorted to borrowing money as a last resort.
Then one morning I woke up with no money.
There's still a week left until the end of the month and I'm out of money.
So I thought about selling the things I had at home.
Then the idea occurred to me that I should sell my dead wife's 'cheap things'.
This was because a kind of resentment remained in a corner of his heart about the 'pretendence' that had previously irritated him.
Just looking at them every day seemed to damage the memories I had of my beloved wife.
--- p.30
I felt breathless with a feeling that I couldn't express in words.
It felt like the mountains, the lake, and the moonlight were singing an indescribably sweet song… … .
From then on, it felt like I was just dreaming… … .
And that person… …I only met him briefly before leaving the next day.
He gave me a business card… …!
Mrs. Letore let out a moan that was almost a scream as she fell helplessly into her brother's arms.
Then Madame Louver spoke with a quiet and stern expression, but kindly.
“Sister, what we women love is often not men, but love itself.
And that night, my sister's true lover was the moonlight."
--- p.44
For several days, groups of retreating troops passed through this street one after another.
It was no longer an army, but a scattered rabble.
Every soldier had a bushy beard, his uniform was torn, and he was walking with an exhausted gait, without a flag or formation.
Everyone was so exhausted and worn out that they had no strength to think or make decisions, and they were just walking in a state of inertia, and it seemed as if they would collapse at any moment if they stopped walking.
--- p.46
As her anger subsided, like a taut thread snapping, she felt as if she was about to burst into tears.
She struggled to keep herself upright and desperately swallowed her tears.
But the tears welled up in my eyes, stopped at the corners of my eyes, and soon two large drops of tears quietly flowed down my cheeks.
Tears flowed down like water droplets leaking from between rocks, falling regularly on my swollen chest.
She sat up straight, her eyes wide open and her face pale, hoping no one would see her.
The Countess noticed it and nodded to her husband.
The count shrugged.
As if to say, 'I can't help it, it's not my fault,' Madame Loiseau muttered with a triumphant, silent smile, "I'm crying because I'm embarrassed."
Mathilde… … .
“How did it change like this?”
“Yeah, you’ve had a hard time.
Since we last met… … .
“All that hardship was because of your necklace!”
"It was because of my necklace? No, why?" "Do you remember that diamond necklace I borrowed from you to go to the Minister of Education's ball?"
“Yeah, but?”
“I lost it then.”
“What? Why, you gave it back to me?”
“The one I returned looked the same, but it was a new one.
It took me a full ten years to pay off the necklace.
You can probably imagine what a trial that must have been for us, who had no time to spare…
But now it's all resolved.
“My heart feels relieved.”
--- p.24
He was in debt and couldn't afford the money, so he resorted to borrowing money as a last resort.
Then one morning I woke up with no money.
There's still a week left until the end of the month and I'm out of money.
So I thought about selling the things I had at home.
Then the idea occurred to me that I should sell my dead wife's 'cheap things'.
This was because a kind of resentment remained in a corner of his heart about the 'pretendence' that had previously irritated him.
Just looking at them every day seemed to damage the memories I had of my beloved wife.
--- p.30
I felt breathless with a feeling that I couldn't express in words.
It felt like the mountains, the lake, and the moonlight were singing an indescribably sweet song… … .
From then on, it felt like I was just dreaming… … .
And that person… …I only met him briefly before leaving the next day.
He gave me a business card… …!
Mrs. Letore let out a moan that was almost a scream as she fell helplessly into her brother's arms.
Then Madame Louver spoke with a quiet and stern expression, but kindly.
“Sister, what we women love is often not men, but love itself.
And that night, my sister's true lover was the moonlight."
--- p.44
For several days, groups of retreating troops passed through this street one after another.
It was no longer an army, but a scattered rabble.
Every soldier had a bushy beard, his uniform was torn, and he was walking with an exhausted gait, without a flag or formation.
Everyone was so exhausted and worn out that they had no strength to think or make decisions, and they were just walking in a state of inertia, and it seemed as if they would collapse at any moment if they stopped walking.
--- p.46
As her anger subsided, like a taut thread snapping, she felt as if she was about to burst into tears.
She struggled to keep herself upright and desperately swallowed her tears.
But the tears welled up in my eyes, stopped at the corners of my eyes, and soon two large drops of tears quietly flowed down my cheeks.
Tears flowed down like water droplets leaking from between rocks, falling regularly on my swollen chest.
She sat up straight, her eyes wide open and her face pale, hoping no one would see her.
The Countess noticed it and nodded to her husband.
The count shrugged.
As if to say, 'I can't help it, it's not my fault,' Madame Loiseau muttered with a triumphant, silent smile, "I'm crying because I'm embarrassed."
--- p.106
Publisher's Review
Life is neither as good nor as bad as people think.
Just looking for the joy in life.
Maupassant, a representative writer of French realism and a pioneer of the world's best short stories, received writing lessons from Flaubert and became a representative writer of French naturalism literature along with Émile Zola.
His writing style is clear and concise, and he possesses a gift for seeing things others do not see, and a precise and exceptional writer's insight in describing facts, which enables him to express what he wants to say simply, clearly, and beautifully.
Furthermore, Maupassant's literature can be seen as built on the foundation of deep pessimism resulting from a deterministic view of humanity.
His literary value is even more evident in his short stories.
In each work, he established naturalism as a literary trend by using subjects such as Normandy fishermen, small-town citizens, war experiences, and anecdotes from high society, without mixing in subjectivity, with objective descriptions and concise sentences, and he completed French naturalistic literature together with Zola's theory and Flaubert, who formed the scientific and experimental theory of novels.
A keen explorer of the human mind, devoted to the exploration of the unexpected truths hidden in the human world and, especially, the disillusioning effects that transcend human emotions, the defining characteristic of Maupassant's novels lies, in a word, in his evocative descriptive power of characters and scenes.
And he maximized Zola's theory, which advocated that the novelist's duty is to honestly portray the daily lives of the common people, to mercilessly expose the ills of society, and to faithfully describe all human circumstances without prejudice, in his own literature.
His teacher, Flaubert, in a letter to Maupassant before the publication of Les Fats in January 1880, was very pleased with the growth of his student, whom he had not spared a strict whip for.
His short stories depict ordinary, everyday subjects such as fishermen, priests, nobles, merchants, and prostitutes in a numb style, and delicately depict the meanness of human beings and how they can destroy good people.
Maupassant's famous short stories, which were praised by Tolstoy and Nietzsche, are masterpieces that have illuminated not only French but also world literature.
Just looking for the joy in life.
Maupassant, a representative writer of French realism and a pioneer of the world's best short stories, received writing lessons from Flaubert and became a representative writer of French naturalism literature along with Émile Zola.
His writing style is clear and concise, and he possesses a gift for seeing things others do not see, and a precise and exceptional writer's insight in describing facts, which enables him to express what he wants to say simply, clearly, and beautifully.
Furthermore, Maupassant's literature can be seen as built on the foundation of deep pessimism resulting from a deterministic view of humanity.
His literary value is even more evident in his short stories.
In each work, he established naturalism as a literary trend by using subjects such as Normandy fishermen, small-town citizens, war experiences, and anecdotes from high society, without mixing in subjectivity, with objective descriptions and concise sentences, and he completed French naturalistic literature together with Zola's theory and Flaubert, who formed the scientific and experimental theory of novels.
A keen explorer of the human mind, devoted to the exploration of the unexpected truths hidden in the human world and, especially, the disillusioning effects that transcend human emotions, the defining characteristic of Maupassant's novels lies, in a word, in his evocative descriptive power of characters and scenes.
And he maximized Zola's theory, which advocated that the novelist's duty is to honestly portray the daily lives of the common people, to mercilessly expose the ills of society, and to faithfully describe all human circumstances without prejudice, in his own literature.
His teacher, Flaubert, in a letter to Maupassant before the publication of Les Fats in January 1880, was very pleased with the growth of his student, whom he had not spared a strict whip for.
His short stories depict ordinary, everyday subjects such as fishermen, priests, nobles, merchants, and prostitutes in a numb style, and delicately depict the meanness of human beings and how they can destroy good people.
Maupassant's famous short stories, which were praised by Tolstoy and Nietzsche, are masterpieces that have illuminated not only French but also world literature.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 15, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 256 pages | 460g | 148*213*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791186649831
- ISBN10: 1186649836
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