#OTD in 1893 Guy de Maupassant died. He "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 terms."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
Books by de Maupassant at PG:
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@gutenberg_org My favorite French author from the 19th century.