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Guy de Maupassant

Born on August 5, 1850

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK:, US:; French:; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic…

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