Definition of Guy de maupassant

1. Noun. French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893).

Exact synonyms: Henri Rene Albert Guy De Maupassant, Maupassant
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guy De Maupassant

Gutierrezia
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Gutierrezia texana
Gutnish
Guttiferae
Guttiferales
Gutzeit's test
Guugu Yimidhirr
Guwahati
Guy
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes Day
Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes night
Guyana
Guyana dollar
Guyanas
Guyanese
Guyon's amputation
Guyon's isthmus
Guyon's sign
Guys
Gwangju
Gwatkin
Gwen
Gwendolen
Gwendoline
Gwendolyn

Literary usage of Guy de maupassant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"guy de maupassant (1850-1893) BY FIRMIN ROZ IHEN, after a volume of poetry, ... By temperament, by education, Guy de Maupassant was above all a realist. ..."

2. Suspended Judgments: Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys (1916)
"As one reads Guy de Maupassant one breathes heavily as if it were oneself and not another upon whom the tension and the sweat of the crisis has come. ..."

3. Writing the Short-story: A Practical Handbook on the Rise, Structure by Joseph Berg Esenwein (1909)
"Read the story a third time, slowly, to make a study of its parts, noting results as in the appended example. THE NECKLACE BY guy de maupassant ..."

4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"guy de maupassant/ BY COUNT LN TOLSTOI. IF I am not mistaken, it was in 1881 that ... Guy de Maupassant ..."

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