The Necklace | About the Author
Author Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850, in any of several locations in Normandy, France, according to whether one believes his death certificate or various biographers. He spent his entire youth in Normandy, and never allowed that fact to be forgotten.
He was the elder son of Laure Lepoitevin de Maupassant and Gustave de Maupassant. The intimate friendship his mother and maternal uncle had with Gustave Flaubert, the author of Madame Bovary, became of utmost importance in Maupassant's early literary development. Laure de Maupassant divorced...
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