As with many editions, some translation is offered at the very back of the book, although any actual explanatory notes are lacking. Most versions of the English translations are offered on the web, either at the Gutenberg Project or the Online Books Page, although the best hard copy of selected stories is probably the Penguin Popular Classics version.


Very amusing   March 15, 2001
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For such a high profile author, Maupassant's vocaulary is slightly lacking, but he always elicits a laugh, when poking fun at most nations. He was writing to correct the French view that they won the Franco-Prussian War (they lost) and gets across what could be described as French arrogance very well. This edition has helpful notes in the back, but you may want an English version...