Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 in France to Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant. He was sent to seminary school for classical studies but was expelled from his first school. After graduating college, he enlisted in the army during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871, he moved to Paris and worked as a clerk for the Navy Department and later the Ministry of Public Instruction. Maupassant authored around 300 short stories, 6 novels, and 3 travel books and is considered a master of the short story form, with works like Boule de Suif and La Parure. He was mentored by Gustave Flaubert and later influenced

2. 
Early Life
 Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
 Born in August 5, 1850 at the Chateau de
Miromenil
 1st of the two sons of Laure Le Poittevin
and Gustave de Maupassant
 At the age of 13 he was sent to a
seminary for classical studies
 He was deliberately got himself expelled
at his first seminary school in Yvetot
 He was then moved to Lycee Pierre-
Corneille in Roune

3. 
Other Careers
 After graduating college in 1870
the Franco-Prussian War broke
out, so he enlisted and served
for a couple of years.
 In 1871, he left Normandy for
Paris where he worked as a
clerk in the Navy Department
 In 1878 he was transferred to
the Ministry of Public
Instruction

5. 
Maupassant the Author
 Authored 300 short stories, 6
novels, 3 travel books, and a
volume of verse
 Boule de Suif (Ball of Fat, 1880)
 In 1881, 1st volume of short stories
called Le Maison Tellier, which
reached its 12th edition in 2 years
 Other notable works were the short
stories “Madame Fifi,” “La Parure”
(The Necklace), and “La Ficelle”
(The piece of string)

6. 
 . Maupassant's style and treatment of subject
resemble those of Flaubert (his mentor) in classic
simplicity, clarity, and objective calm.
 Maupassant is a modern exemplar of traditional
French psychological realism; he portrays his
characters as unhappy victims of their
greed, desire, or vanity but presents even the most
sordid details of their lives without sermonizing
Writing Style

7. 
Writings
Influenced by…
 Mostly the works of his
mentor Gustave
Flaubert
 And other realist and
naturalist authors
Influenced…
 Somerset Maugham
 O. Henry
 Henry James

8. 
The End of Maupassant
 his later years he developed a
constant desire for solitude, an
obsession for self-
preservation, and a fear of death
and paranoia of persecution
caused by the syphilis he had
contracted in his youth.
 On January 2, 1892, Maupassant
tried to commit suicide by cutting
his throat, and was committed to
the private asylum of Esprit
Blanche at Passy, in Paris, where
he died on July 6, 1893.
 Guy De Maupassant penned his
own epitaph: "I have coveted
everything and taken pleasure in
nothing."

9. 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_maupassant
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 Martin TurnellRené, Dumesnil. "Maupassant, Guy De." Britannica Biographies
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