The Necklace

by Guy de Maupassant

Published 1 December 1969
Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award and two Society of Illustrators Silver Medals.



In the Country

by Guy de Maupassant

Published 1 April 1997

The Hand

by Guy de Maupassant

Published 1 April 1997
A man who keeps a severed hand attached to the wall of his drawing room is found mysteriously strangled at the same time that the hand disappears.

The Devil

by Guy de Maupassant

Published 1 April 1997
Mother Rapet, the greedy nurse to a dying old woman, finds a way to make a bigger profit from the job.

The String

by Guy de Maupassant

Published 1 August 1990
A simple peasant has his life destroyed by the lie of an enemy who accuses him of a theft.