Author: Guy de Maupassant
Narrator: Cornelius Garrett
Unabridged: 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/01/2010
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was a popular nineteenth-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. A protégé of Flaubert, his stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouement. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. He authored some three hundred short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse.
Cornelius Garrett has spent many years in theater, film, television, and radio—from the RSC to the Bristol Old Vic, and from James Bond to four years on the television soap Gems. His radio work has included leading roles in many of the BBC’s classic serials and Afternoon Theatre productions.
Well written, sad short story about a man accused of something he didn't do, then proven innocent. But the people in town never let it go.......more
A piece of String by Guy de Maupassant Audible audio is only fourteen minutes of listening. The story is short. Did not like it as much as the previous short story by this author.......more
A realistic take on the effects false rumors can have on innocent individuals. Such lies are of a despicable nature, and the morality in this lesson is to be had by those who would blindly believe the word of one against another forgoing justice or what the individual might have to say for themselve......more
I sensed some inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe with the description of the troubling burden on one's heart of the aged societal plague that is: honing to the opinion of our fellow man over appeasing to one's own judgement and not letting the belief in one's self suffice as acceptance for putting one......more
A short story set in a small Norman village in France. The story focuses on the character of Maitre Hauchecorne, an old peasant who becomes embroiled in a scandal when he is falsely accused of stealing a pocketbook. Walking to the town square on a market day in Goderville, Maitre Hauchecorne sees a p......more