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Mau⋅pas⋅sant

  [moh-puh-sahnt; Fr. moh-pa-sahn]
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–noun
(Hen⋅ri Re⋅né Al⋅bert) Guy de  [ahn-ree ruh-ney al-ber gee duh] , 1850–93, French short-story writer and novelist.
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Mau·pas·sant   (mō'pə-sänt', mō-pā-säɴ')   
French writer whose works, mainly realistic short stories such as "The Necklace," examine hypocrisy, madness, Parisian society, and peasant life in Normandy.
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