A pupil of Gustave Flaubert, he also wrote stories such as "Le Rendezvous", "The Umbrella", and "En Famille".
This author's novels include Mont-Oriol and Fort comme la mort. Some of his later novels reflect the breakdown of his mental health, particularly the one which tells the story of how a young man's image of his mother is destroyed by a shocking discovery, Pierre et Jean. A pupil of Gustave Flaubert, he also wrote stories such as "Le Rendezvous", "The Umbrella", and "En Famille". His contribution of "Boule de Suif" to the 1880 volume of short stories titled Soirees de Medan earned him instant acclaim as a master of the short story. Name this French writer, whose works include Bel-Ami and a story where the protago- nist borrows from Madame Forestier the titular object that proves to be an imitation, "The Necklace".
This author's novels include Mont-Oriol and Fort comme la mort.
Guy de Maupassant