A Day in the Country and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant... 9780199555789

This selection of twentyseven stories in a lively new translation shows Maupassant as his comic cruel and brilliant best In addition to the poignant title story it includes one of the most famous tales ever written The Necklace and Le Horla an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the authors own decline into madness