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The Confession
By La Parure — Guy de Maupassant

The Confession

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A story about sacrifice, hidden guilt, and absolution at death.

Marguerite de Thérelles was dying. She was not yet fifty-six, but she looked very old. Her face was twisted. Her eyes were tired and hollow, as if she had seen something too awful for the living to bear. Medicine bottles crowded the furniture. Linen had been tossed into the corners. Even the chairs looked, as Maupassant writes, affrighted — as if they had scattered in fear from the terrible, hidden presence waiting in the room.

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The Uncomfortable Bed
By La Parure — Guy de Maupassant

The Uncomfortable Bed

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A story of fear, caution, and the cruel joke we can play on ourselves.

One autumn, our narrator travels to a château in Picardy to spend the hunting season with friends. The estate is grand, the shooting is excellent, and the company is just what he likes: friendly, cheerful, and not at all trustworthy. These are people who enjoy a practical joke, and he would not have it any other way. But from the first moment, something about their warm welcome makes him feel uneasy.

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The Necklace
By La Parure — Guy de Maupassant

The Necklace

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A story about pride, sacrifice, and a harsh twist of fate — one of the best-known short stories in French literature.

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was one of the great masters of the French short story. A protégé of Gustave Flaubert, he published more than 300 tales in a career that lasted barely a decade. His writing is known for its sharp precision and clear view of human weakness.

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