Maupassant, Guy de 1850-1893 creator text utu 2005 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Contes du jour et de la nuit" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story collection published in 1885. The title itself suggests a contrast between light and darkness, day and night. These twenty-one tales explore humanity's darker nature through stories of cruelty, betrayal, and tragedy. Maupassant portrays peasants as heartless and greedy, bourgeois as cowardly, and aristocrats as irresponsible. Family relationships fracture under the weight of selfishness and abandonment. The collection begins with lighter stories before descending into darkness—examining murder, suicide, and human monstrosity with unflinching clarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Le crime au père Boniface -- Rose -- Le père -- L'aveu -- La parure -- Le bonheur -- Le vieux -- Un lâche -- L'ivrogne -- Une vendetta -- Coco -- La main -- Le Gueux -- Un parricide -- Le petit -- La roche aux Guillemots -- Tombouctou -- Histoire vraie -- Adieu -- Souvenir -- La confession. Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_du_jour_et_de_la_nuit Release date is 2005-01-24 Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) Original publication data not identified Short stories, French French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14790 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14790 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133340.0 14790