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This list is sourced from Wikipedia. It may be wrong, or incomplete, but it’s a starting point.
Please note: some of these downloads are in French (because that’s all that’s available).
Novels
- Une Vie (1883) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Bel-Ami (1885) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Mont-Oriol (1887) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Pierre et Jean (1888) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Pierre and Jean (translated by Clara Bell)
- Pierre et Jean (French)
- Pierre and Jean (Penguin) See Jonathan’s post
- Fort comme la mort (1889) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Strong as Death
- Fort comme la mort (French)
- Like Death (translated by John D Lyons), 1997, see Lisa’s post
- Notre Cœur (1890) Download from Project Gutenberg:
- Notre Coeur or A Woman’s Pastime or Alien Hearts (NYRB), see Jonathan’s post
Short Stories
Download the complete collection from Project Gutenberg (don’t forget to make a donation to keep the project going!)
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Short-story collections
- Les Soirées de Médan (with Zola, Huysmans et al. Contains Boule de Suif by Maupassant) (1880) Download from Project Gutenberg
- La Maison Tellier (1881) Download from Project Gutenberg. See Jonathan’s post
- Mademoiselle Fifi (1883) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Contes de la Bécasse (1883) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Miss Harriet (1884) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Les Sœurs Rondoli (1884) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Clair de lune (1884) (contains “Les Bijoux”) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Yvette (1884) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Contes du jour et de la nuit (1885) (contains “La Parure” or “The Necklace”) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Monsieur Parent (1886)
- La Petite Roque (1886) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Toine (1886) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Le Horla (1887) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Le Rosier de Madame Husson (1888) Download from Project Gutenberg
- La Main gauche (1889) Download from Project Gutenberg
- L’Inutile Beauté (1890) Download from Project Gutenberg
- A Parisian Bourgeois’ Sundays (1997), see Jonathan’s post
Travel writing
•Au soleil (1884)
•Sur l’eau (1888) Download from Project Gutenberg
- Afloat (Translated by Laura Ensor), see Dagny’s post
•La Vie errante (1890).
Poetry
•Des Vers (1880) containing Nuit de Neige
I’ve been reading Maupassant’s best of short stories (for a while now) – I’m trying to savour them one story at a time – but didn’t realise there were so many more to look forward to!
Hello Brona – fancy meeting you here!
Can I interest you in joining our little team so that there is a home for your thoughts about the stories?