Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant

by Guy de Maupassant

 
Translated by
ALBERT M. C. McMASTER, B.A.
A. E. HENDERSON, B.A.
MME. QUESADA and Others



CONTENTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     XYZ




    CONTENTS IN EACH VOLUME


    VOLUME I.


    BOULE DE SUIF

    TWO FRIENDS

    THE LANCER'S WIFE

    THE PRISONERS

    TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS

    FATHER MILON

    A COUP D'ETAT

    LIEUTENANT LARE'S MARRIAGE

    THE HORRIBLE

    MADAME PARISSE

    MADEMOISELLE FIFI

    A DUEL

    ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES, Vol. 2.



    VOLUME II.


    THE COLONEL'S IDEAS

    MOTHER SAUVAGE

    EPIPHANY

    THE MUSTACHE

    MADAME BAPTISTE

    THE QUESTION OF LATIN

    A MEETING

    THE BLIND MAN

    INDISCRETION

    A FAMILY AFFAIR

    BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER'S CORPSE

    ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES, Vol. 3.



    VOLUME III.


    MISS HARRIET

    LITTLE LOUISE ROQUE

    THE DONKEY

    MOIRON

    THE DISPENSER OF HOLY WATER

    A PARRICIDE

    BERTHA

    THE PATRON

    THE DOOR

    A SALE

    THE IMPOLITE SEX

    A WEDDING GIFT

    THE RELIC



    VOLUME IV.


    THE MORIBUND

    THE GAMEKEEPER

    THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL

    THE WRECK

    THEODULE SABOT'S CONFESSION

    THE WRONG HOUSE

    THE DIAMOND NECKLACE

    THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL

    THE TRIP OF LE HORLA

    FAREWELL!

    THE WOLF

    THE INN



    VOLUME V.


    MONSIEUR PARENT

    QUEEN HORTENSE

    TIMBUCTOO

    TOMBSTONES

    MADEMOISELLE PEARL

    THE THIEF

    CLAIR DE LUNE

    WAITER, A “BOCK”

    AFTER

    FORGIVENESS

    IN THE SPRING

    A QUEER NIGHT IN PARIS



    VOLUME VI.


    THAT COSTLY RIDE

    USELESS BEAUTY

    THE FATHER

    MY UNCLE SOSTHENES

    THE BARONESS

    MOTHER AND SON

    THE HAND

    A TRESS OF HAIR

    ON THE RIVER

    THE CRIPPLE

    A STROLL

    ALEXANDRE

    THE LOG

    JULIE ROMAIN

    THE RONDOLI SISTERS



    VOLUME VII.


    THE FALSE GEMS

    FASCINATION

    YVETTE SAMORIS

    A VENDETTA

    MY TWENTY-FIVE DAYS

    “THE TERROR”

    LEGEND OF MONT ST. MICHEL

    A NEW YEAR'S GIFT

    FRIEND PATIENCE

    ABANDONED

    THE MAISON TELLIER

    DENIS

    MY WIFE

    THE UNKNOWN

    THE APPARITION



    VOLUME VIII.


    CLOCHETTE

    THE KISS

    THE LEGION OF HONOR

    THE TEST

    FOUND ON A DROWNED MAN

    THE ORPHAN

    THE BEGGAR

    THE RABBIT

    HIS AVENGER

    MY UNCLE JULES

    THE MODEL

    A VAGABOND

    THE FISHING HOLE

    THE SPASM

    IN THE WOOD

    MARTINE

    ALL OVER

    THE PARROT

    THE PIECE OF STRING



    VOLUME IX.


    TOINE

    MADAME HUSSON'S “ROSIER”

    THE ADOPTED SON

    COWARD

    OLD MONGILET

    MOONLIGHT

    THE FIRST SNOWFALL

    SUNDAYS OF A BOURGEOIS

    A RECOLLECTION

    OUR LETTERS

    THE LOVE OF LONG AGO

    FRIEND JOSEPH

    THE EFFEMINATES

    OLD AMABLE



    VOLUME X.


    THE CHRISTENING

    THE FARMER'S WIFE

    THE DEVIL

    THE SNIPE

    THE WILL

    WALTER SCHNAFFS' ADVENTURE

    AT SEA

    MINUET

    THE SON

    THAT PIG OF A MORIN

    SAINT ANTHONY

    LASTING LOVE

    PIERROT

    A NORMANDY JOKE

    FATHER MATTHEW



    VOLUME XI.


    THE UMBRELLA

    BELHOMME'S BEAST

    DISCOVERY

    THE ACCURSED BREAD

    THE DOWRY

    THE DIARY OF A MADMAN

    THE MASK

    THE PENGUINS' ROCK

    A FAMILY

    SUICIDES

    AN ARTIFICE

    DREAMS

    SIMON'S PAPA



    VOLUME XII.


    THE CHILD

    A COUNTRY EXCURSION

    ROSE

    ROSALIE PRUDENT

    REGRET

    A SISTER'S CONFESSION

    COCO

    DEAD WOMAN'S SECRET

    A HUMBLE DRAMA

    MADEMOISELLE COCOTTE

    THE CORSICAN BANDIT

    THE GRAVE



    VOLUME XIII.


    OLD JUDAS

    THE LITTLE CASK

    BOITELLE

    A WIDOW

    THE ENGLISHMAN OF ETRETAT

    MAGNETISM

    A FATHER'S CONFESSION

    A MOTHER OF MONSTERS

    AN UNCOMFORTABLE BED

    A PORTRAIT

    THE DRUNKARD

    THE WARDROBE

    THE MOUNTAIN POOL

    A CREMATION

    MISTI

    MADAME HERMET

    THE MAGIC COUCH


IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     XYZ
[ A ]

ABANDONED

THE ACCURSED BREAD

AFTER

ALEXANDRE

OLD AMABLE

THE APPARITION

AN ARTIFICE

HIS AVENGER
[ B ]

THE BARONESS

THE BEGGAR

BELHOMME'S BEAST

BERTHA

BESIDE SCHOPENHAUER'S CORPSE

THE BLIND MAN

BOITELLE

BOULE DE SUIF
[ C ]

THE CHILD

THE CHRISTENING

CLAIR DE LUNE

CLOCHETTE

COCO

THE CORSICAN BANDIT

THAT COSTLY RIDE

A COUNTRY EXCURSION

A COUP D'ETAT

COWARD

A CREMATION

THE CRIPPLE
[ D ]

DEAD WOMAN'S SECRET

DENIS

THE DEVIL

THE DIAMOND NECKLACE

THE DIARY OF A MADMAN

DISCOVERY

THE DISPENSER OF HOLY WATER

THE DONKEY

THE DOOR

THE DOWRY

DREAMS

THE DRUNKARD

A DUEL
[ E ]

THE EFFEMINATES

THE ENGLISHMAN OF ETRETAT

EPIPHANY
[ F ]

THE FALSE GEMS

A FAMILY

A FAMILY AFFAIR

FAREWELL!

THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL

THE FARMER'S WIFE

FASCINATION

THE FATHER

FATHER MATTHEW

FATHER MILON

A FATHER'S CONFESSION

THE FISHING HOLE

FORGIVENESS

FOUND ON A DROWNED MAN

FRIEND PATIENCE

TWO FRIENDS
[ G ]

THE GAMEKEEPER

THE GRAVE
[ H ]

THE HAND

THE HORRIBLE

A HUMBLE DRAMA
[ I ]

THE IMPOLITE SEX

INDISCRETION

THE INN

IN THE SPRING
[ J ]

FRIEND JOSEPH

OLD JUDAS

JULIE ROMAIN
[ K ]

THE KISS
[ L ]

THE LANCER'S WIFE

LASTING LOVE

THE LEGION OF HONOR

OUR LETTERS

LIEUTENANT LARE'S MARRIAGE

THE LITTLE CASK

TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS

THE LOG

LITTLE LOUISE ROQUE

THE LOVE OF LONG AGO
[ M ]

MADAME BAPTISTE

MADAME HERMET

MADAME HUSSON'S “ROSIER”

MADAME PARISSE

MADEMOISELLE COCOTTE

MADEMOISELLE FIFI

MADEMOISELLE PEARL

THE MAGIC COUCH

MAGNETISM

THE MAISON TELLIER

THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL

MARTINE

THE MASK

A MEETING

MINUET

MISS HARRIET

MISTI

THE MODEL

MOIRON

OLD MONGILET

MONSIEUR PARENT

LEGEND OF MONT ST. MICHEL

MOONLIGHT

THE MORIBUND

MOTHER AND SON

A MOTHER OF MONSTERS

MOTHER SAUVAGE

THE MOUNTAIN POOL

MY WIFE
[ N ]

A NEW YEAR'S GIFT

A NORMANDY JOKE
[ O ]

THE ORPHAN

ALL OVER
[ P ]

A PARRICIDE

THE PARROT

THE PATRON

THE PENGUINS' ROCK

THE PIECE OF STRING

PIERROT

THAT PIG OF A MORIN

A PORTRAIT

THE PRISONERS
[ Q ]

QUEEN HORTENSE

A QUEER NIGHT IN PARIS

THE QUESTION OF LATIN
[ R ]

THE RABBIT

A RECOLLECTION

REGRET

THE RELIC

ON THE RIVER

THE RONDOLI SISTERS

ROSALIE PRUDENT

ROSE
[ S ]

SAINT ANTHONY

A SALE

AT SEA

SIMON'S PAPA

A SISTER'S CONFESSION

THE SNIPE

THE FIRST SNOWFALL

THE SON

THE SPASM

A STROLL

SUICIDES

SUNDAYS OF A BOURGEOIS
[ T ]

“THE TERROR”

THE TEST

THE ADOPTED SON

THE COLONEL'S IDEAS

THE MUSTACHE

THEODULE SABOT'S CONFESSION

THE THIEF

TIMBUCTOO

TOINE

TOMBSTONES

A TRESS OF HAIR

THE TRIP OF LE HORLA

MY TWENTY-FIVE DAYS
[ U ]

THE UMBRELLA

MY UNCLE JULES

MY UNCLE SOSTHENES

AN UNCOMFORTABLE BED

THE UNKNOWN

USELESS BEAUTY
[ V ]

A VAGABOND

A VENDETTA
[ W ]

WAITER, A “BOCK”

WALTER SCHNAFFS' ADVENTURE

THE WARDROBE

A WEDDING GIFT

A WIDOW

THE WILL

THE WOLF

IN THE WOOD

THE WRECK

THE WRONG HOUSE
[ Y ]

YVETTE SAMORIS



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About the Author

Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant
Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (Aug 5, 1850 - Jul 6, 1893) was a popular French author who wrote under the pen name Guy de Maupassant. He is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story as well as one of its finest practitioners. His prolific and deeply admired body of work influenced a great number of writers including William Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Henry James.

Pen Name: Guy de Maupassant
Born: Aug 5, 1850
Died: Jul 6, 1893

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