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Two Friends
Guy de Maupassant
Publication Year: 1883
Short StoryRealismfrench literaturenaturalismrealismwar
Amidst the siege of Paris by Prussian forces in 1871, two friends meet and hatch a plan to sneak out in search of simpler pleasures. With his signature realism and sharp irony, Guy de Maupassant delivers a poignant reflection on loyalty, innocence, and the harsh cost of war.