Original Maupassant Short Stories
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781417999743
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Short stories; Short Stories (single author); Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: "Upon my word," said Colonel Laporte, "although I am old and gouty, my legs as stiff as two pieces of wood, yet if a pretty woman were to tell me to go through the eye of a needle, I believe I should take a jump at it, like a clown through a hoop.