''La Maison Tellier'' is a collection of short stories by
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and s ...
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
"Boule de Suif" (), translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat", "Ball of Lard", or "Small Ball", is a short story by the late-19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant, first published on 15/16 April 1880. It is arguabl ...
". Five of the eight stories in the collection had already been published in various magazines, like ''
Revue politique et littéraire
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'' and ''La Vie Moderne'', and three were originals.
The introduction includes a dedication that reads: "À Ivan Tourgueniev, hommage d'une affection et d'une grande admiration" (translated as "To
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poe ...
, an homage of affection and great admiration". The two writers had met in 1876 through a mutual friend,
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...
.
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
* "
La Maison Tellier" (previously unpublished)
* "Sur l'eau" (1876) – originally ''En Canot'', not the same as the
1886 novella of the same name
* "Histoire d'une fille de ferme" (1881)
* "En famille" (1881)
* "Le Papa de Simon" (1879)
* "Une partie de champagne" (1881)
* "Au printemps" (previously unpublished)
* "La Femme de Paul" (previously unpublished)
* "Les Tombales" (only included in 1891 edition)
References
External links
*
1881 short story collections
Short story collections by Guy de Maupassant
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