La Maison Tellier (short story collection)

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La Maison Tellier
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Title page for La Maison Tellier (1881)
Author Guy de Maupassant
LanguageFrench
GenreShort story
Published1881
PublisherVictor Havard, Paul Ollendorff
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint

La Maison Tellier is a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant that includes the eponymous story. The book established Maupassant as a prominent French writer following the success of his first short story, "Boule de suif". Five of the eight stories in the collection had already been published in various magazines, like Revue politique et littéraire and La Vie Moderne, and three were originals. [1]

Contents

The introduction includes a dedication that reads: "À Ivan Tourgueniev, hommage d'une affection et d'une grande admiration" (translated as "To Ivan Turgenev, an homage of affection and great admiration". The two writers had met in 1876 through a mutual friend, Gustave Flaubert. [1]

Publication

The collection was first published in 1881, by Victor Havard. It was also republished in an augmented edition a decade later, by Paul Ollendorff. The new edition included an additional story, titled "Les Tombales".

Contents

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References

  1. 1 2 Dumesnil, René; Turnell, Martin (20 July 1998). "French Writer, Short Stories, Novels". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 November 2024.