TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maupassant,Guy de
TI  - Contes du jour et de la nuit
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Short stories, French
KW  - French fiction -- 19th century
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contes_du_jour_et_de_la_nuit; Release date is 2005-01-24; 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; Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Chuck Greif and the Online
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N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14790
ER  -