In a story by this man, the creepy Benoist delivers the child of his love interest and her husband Josephin-Isidore Vallin after breaking into her house during her labor.
In a story by this man, the creepy Benoist delivers the child of his love interest and her husband Josephin-Isidore Vallin after breaking into her house during her labor. Another story by this man written in the form of a diary ends with an insane man exclaiming "I suppose I must kill myself!" after burning down his own house. In a story by this man, Loiseau and some nuns partake in food provided from a basket by the title (*) character, who is later left in the street after being forced to sleep with a Prussian officer. In another of his stories, a husband and wife work ten years to recover the funds to pay for the lost title object, only for Madame Forestier to reveal that the original was a cheap knock-off. For 10 points, name this author of "Ball of Fat" and "The Necklace."
In a story by this man, the creepy Benoist delivers the child of his love interest and her husband Josephin-Isidore Vallin after breaking into her house during her labor.
Guy de Maupassant