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Mademoiselle Fifi. Mademoiselle Fifi is a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant published in 1882. [1] The stories are: "Mademoiselle Fifi" "The Practical Joker" "The Door" "The Hair" "Our Letters" "Queen Hortense" "Moonlight" "The Father" "The Coup d'État" "Bed Twenty-Nine" "The Jewels" "The Baby" "The Umbrella" "The Family Circle ...
Guy de Maupassant "Mademoiselle Fifi" is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant, published in 1882 in a collection of the same title.Like many of his short stories, such as Boule de Suif and Deux Amis, the story is set during the Franco-Prussian War and explores themes of class barriers, contrasts between the French and German participants, and the pointlessness of the war.
First edition (publ. Doubleday) Nabokov's Dozen is a 1958 collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. [1] Nine of them also previously appeared in Nine Stories.
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Agnes of Nothing (French: Agnès de rien) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Danièle Delorme, Yvonne de Bray and Paul Meurisse. [1] [2] It is based on the novel of the same title by Germaine Beaumont. [3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond ...
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.
Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon (12 November 1664 – 24 February 1734) was an aristocratic French writer and salonnière of the late 17th century, and a niece of Charles Perrault. [ 1 ] Biography
He begins to fantasise about her and one day decides to follow her while she is out shopping. He sees her buying an egg in a shop, goes inside briefly after she leaves, and then follows her home. As she looks for her key, he tells her, "Excuse me, Mademoiselle, you dropped this." And he hands her an egg.