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Title: The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume II (of 8)
Monsieur Parent -- The Father -- A Vagabond -- Useless Beauty -- Fly -- The Mad Woman -- That Pig of a Morin -- The Wooden Shoes -- A Normandy Joke -- A Cock Crowed -- Julot's Opinion -- Mademoiselle -- The Mountebanks -- The Sequel to a Divorce -- The Man with the Dogs -- The Clown -- Babette -- Sympathy -- The Debt -- An Artist -- Mademoiselle Fifi -- The Story of a Farm Girl -- Mamma Stirling -- Lilie Lala -- Madame Tellier's Establishment -- The Bandmaster's Sister -- False Alarm -- Wife and Mistress -- Mad -- An Unfortunate Likeness -- The New Sensation

Author: Guy de Maupassant

Release Date: December 22, 2005 [eBook #17375]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT

VOLUME II

Monsieur Parent and Other Stories

Copyright, 1909, by
Bigelow, Smith & Co.

CONTENTS

MONSIEUR PARENT

THE FATHER

A VAGABOND

USELESS BEAUTY

FLY

THE MAD WOMAN

THAT PIG OF A MORIN

THE WOODEN SHOES

A NORMANDY JOKE

A COCK CROWED

JULOT'S OPINION

MADEMOISELLE

THE MOUNTEBANKS

THE SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE

THE MAN WITH THE DOGS

THE CLOWN

BABETTE

SYMPATHY

THE DEBT

AN ARTIST

MADEMOISELLE FIFI

THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL

MAMMA STIRLING

LILIE LALA

MADAME TELLIER'S ESTABLISHMENT

THE BANDMASTER'S SISTER

FALSE ALARM

WIFE AND MISTRESS

MAD

AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS

THE NEW SENSATION

MONSIEUR PARENT

I

Little George was making hills of sand in one of the walks; he took it
up with both his hands, made it into a pyramid, and then put a chestnut
leaf on the top, and his father, sitting on an iron chair was looking at
him with concentrated a