Struggle of Social Classes in Maupassant’s Select Short Stories

Among the galaxy of short story writers, Guy de Maupassant was the most versatile and brilliant, who enriched French literature between the year 1800 and 1900. His stories cover the panorama of French life at the end of the nineteenth century. In numerous of stories he demonstrates struggle of social classes. Such noteworthy stories are “The Necklace”, “The Beggar”, “A Piece of String”, “Simon's Papa” and “Boule de Suif”, in which we find the struggle of social classes. His works reflect his interest in the emotional problems of social classes. He deeply studied different aspects of life around him and reveals the same in his stories, which are characterized by his economy of style and minutely observation of the problems, the pain, the inconveniences and sufferings of the society.