In one story by this author, a peasant stoops to pick up a bit of string, causing his fellow townsmen to accuse him of stealing a purse. He created a title character who sleeps with a Prussian officer so a traveling party can leave Totes. In another of his stories, Monsieur Loisel uses the money he 
In one story by this author, a peasant stoops to pick up a bit of string, causing his fellow townsmen to accuse him of stealing a purse. He created a title character who sleeps with a Prussian officer so a traveling party can leave Totes. In another of his stories, Monsieur Loisel uses the money he had been saving for a rifle to buy his wife a dress, after which she borrows the title object from Madame Forestier. In that story, the protagonist borrows a piece of jewelry that is made out of paste. For 10 points, name this French author who wrote "The Ball of Fat" and "The Necklace."
In one story by this author, a peasant stoops to pick up a bit of string, causing his fellow townsmen to accuse him of stealing a purse.
Guy de Maupassant