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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK: , US: ; French: [ɡi d(ə) mopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.

Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Suet", 1880), is often considered his masterpiece.

He was known to consume hallucinogens and may have drawn on the experience with these substances for his stories. His work has been studied by neuroscientists due to his skill for articulating and analyzing his first hand experiences with different types of hallucinatory phenomena.

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John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

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Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also US: , French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'Accuse…! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902.

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Die Klassiker Hörbibliothek - Gold Edition. Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur

Eine komplett neue Zusammenstellung der schönsten Klassiker. Diesmal dabei:

Joseph Conrad · Taifun

Fjodor M. Dostojewskij · Die Sanfte

J. W. von Goethe · Das Märchen von der grünen Schlange und der schönen Lilie

Maxim Gorki · Malwa

Gottfried Keller · Der Schmied seines Glücks

Jack London · Die Goldschlucht

Guy de Maupassant · Boule de Suif; Liebe

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer · Das Amulett

Alexander Puschkin · Der Posthalter und drei weitere Novellen

Wilhelm Raabe · Holunderblüte

Arthur Schnitzler · Die Frau des Richters

Adalbert Stifter · Brigitta

Theodor Storm · Der Schimmelreiter

Mark Twain · Die Eine-Million-Pfund-Note

Oscar Wilde · Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen

Emile Zola · Die vier Tage von Jean Gourdon

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