This author's last notable work, Pierre and Jean, came immediately before his death from syphilis.
This author's last notable work, Pierre and Jean, came immediately before his death from syphilis. This author's short stories include "Madame Tellier's Establishment" and the story of a prostitute who procures the release of her traveling companions from a Prussian officer, "Boule de Suif." The hallucinatory horror of this author's "The Horla" presaged his own madness. For 10 points, name this French author of a story where a woman wastes her entire life paying for a lost necklace, only to discover it is fake, "The Necklace."
This author's last notable work, Pierre and Jean, came immediately before his death from syphilis.
Henri-René-Albert-Guy de {Maupassant}