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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

THE FARMER'S WIFE by GUY de MAUPASSANT

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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A classic story of a love lost by one of the masters of the short story- Guy de Maupassant.

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0:00.0

And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1, 2001 classic short stories and tales.

0:35.6

It's been a while since we've heard from Ghee de Mopazant and the time has come.

0:40.2

Very few classic writers could capture human emotion as well as Mopasant.

0:44.5

And this story stands as a great example of his work.

0:48.0

So without further ado, the farmer's wife by Guy de M. Opusant.

0:55.0

Said the Baron René de trails to me,

0:58.0

Will you come and open the hunting season with me at my farm at Marinville. I shall be delighted if you will my

1:04.9

dear boy in the first place I am all alone. It's rather a difficult ground to get at

1:10.4

and the place I live in is so primitive that I can invite only my most intimate

1:14.9

friends.

1:16.8

I accepted his invitation and on Saturday we set off on the train going to Normandy.

1:22.1

We alighted at a station called Al-Mivar, and Baron René, pointing to a

1:26.8

carol drawn by a timid horse and driven by a big countryman with white hair, said,

1:31.6

Here's our equipage, my dear boy.

1:35.0

The driver extended his hand to his landlord,

1:38.0

and the Baron pressed it warmly, asking,

1:41.0

Well, Matry Le Brumon, how are you?

1:45.0

Always the same, Monsieur Le Baron.

1:48.0

We jumped into this swinging hen coop, perched on two enormous wheels,

1:52.0

and the young horse after a violent

1:54.5

swerve started into a gallop pitching us into the air like balls. Every fall

1:59.9

backward on the wooden bench gave me the most dreadful pain. The peasant kept repeating in his calm

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