La Maison Tellier

Blurb

La Maison Tellier is a collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant including the famous same titled story La Maison Tellier which was the first chapter in the collection. The book, further established Maupassant firmly as a prominent French writer following his huge success with the debut book Boule de suif. Five of the eight short stories included had already been published in various magazines like Revue politique et littéraire and La Vie Moderne, but three of them were unpublished originals.
The introduction contained a famous dedication that said: "À Ivan Tourgueniev, hommage d'une affection et d'une grande admiration"