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Beautiful Franklin Library edition of Selected Stories by Guy de Maupassant, one of the great masters of the short story and a major figure in French literature. Translated by Roger Colet and illustrated by Istvan Ventilla, with striking full-page illustrations throughout. Handsome brown leather binding features raised spine bands, elaborate gilt decoration and gilt page edges. Maupassant’s celebrated stories explore love, war, class, greed, tragedy and the darker—and often sharply humorous—side of human nature.