“Conversation. What is it? A mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.”

About Guy de Maupassant

Author • French

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form. A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, his stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient,...