“世界短篇小说之王”莫泊桑的精华选本 善良、正直、堕落、虚荣、吝啬、蛮横、势利人性的方方面面尽收笔端莫泊桑的中短篇小说在众多中短篇小说中占有不可替代的地位。他摹写人情世态，构思布局别具匠心，细节描写、人物语言和故事结尾等，使他在中短篇小说领域独树一帜。《莫泊桑中短篇小说选(英文版)》便是他的一个作品集。

《莫泊桑中短篇小说选》摘选了莫泊桑的中短篇小说22篇，包括《羊脂球》、《项链》、《我的叔叔于勒》、《一家人》等名篇。

《莫泊桑中短篇小说选》集中描写了19世纪法国社会各色人物的生活，讽刺了人性中的卑微、小气、虚荣等劣根性，肯定了人性中的善良、正直等优秀可贵的品质，具有强烈的批判现实的意义，发人深省。

Contents

Clair de Lune1

Theodule Sabot’s Confession

The Diamond Necklace

Two Friends

That Costly Ride

Simon’s Papa

The Maison Teller

Pierrot

Bouble De Suif

Walter Schnaffs’ Adventure

My Uncle Jules

How He Got The Legion of Honor

The Little Cask

The Umbrella

The Son

That Pig of a Morin

The Story of a Farm Girl

The False Gems

The Wardrobe

The Port

The Country Excursion

A Family Affair

THE MAISON TELLIER

Part I

They went there every evening about eleven o’clock，just aS they would go to the club Six or eight of them；always the same set，not fast men，but respectable tradesmen，and young men in government or some other employ，and they would drink their Chartreuse，and laugh withthe girls，or else talk seriously with Madame Tellier，whom everybody respected，and then they would go home at twelve 0’clock!The younger men would sometimes stay late~

It was a small，comfortable house painted yellow，at the corner of a street behind Saint Etienne’s Church，and from the windows one could see the docks full of ships being unloaded，the big salt marsh，and，rising beyond it，the Virgin’s Hill with its old gray chapel。

Madame Tellier，who came of a respectable family of peasant proprietors in the Department ofthe Eure，had taken up her profession，just as she would have become a milliner or dressmaker。The prejudice which is so violent and deeply rooted in large towns，does not exist in the country places in Normandy。The peasant says：

“It is a paying-business，”and he sends his daughter to keep an establishment of this character just as he would send her to keep a girls’school。

She had inherited the house from an old uncle，to whom it had belonged Monsieur and Madame Tellier，who had formerly been innkeepers near Yvetot，had immediately sold their house，as they thought that the business at Fecamp was more profitable，and they arrived one fine morning to assume the direction of the enterprise，which was declining on account of the absence of the proprietors。They wem good people enough