For 10 points, name this French author of the ironic short stories "Ball of Fat," and "The Necklace."
This author wrote a work in which Father Chantavoine's bells are rung by the prostitute Rachel to celebrate her stabbing of the title effeminate captain. In another of his works, Count Br?ille and Cornudet share a coach ride from Rouen to La Havre and encourage the prostitute Elisabeth Rousset to sleep with a Prussian officer. This author of "Mademoiselle Fifi" wrote a story in which Ramponneau invites the central characters to the Ministry of Education ball, where Mathilde loses Madame Forestier's title piece of jewelry, which turns out to be fake. For 10 points, name this French author of the ironic short stories "Ball of Fat," and "The Necklace."
This author wrote a work in which Father Chantavoine's bells are rung by the prostitute Rachel to celebrate her stabbing of the title effeminate captain.
Henri Ren?Albert Guy de Maupassant