Author's Background

• Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies.
• • Born: August 5, 1850, Tourville-sur-Arques, France
  • Died: July 6, 1893, Passy, Paris, France
  • Influenced by: Gustave Flaubert, Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, Arthur Schopenhauer, Hippolyte Taine
• • Wrote short stories that are realistic and pessimistic; often have surprise endings
  • “The Necklace” is perhaps his most widely read story.
  • He was interested in the psychology of his characters.