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Which are Maupassant's best novels?

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His best novels are considered to be Une Vie (1883, tr. A Life ), about the disillusioning life of a lonely woman; Bel-Ami (1885), describing the career of a selfish journalist; Pierre et Jean (1888), a study of the hatred of two brothers; and Notre Cœur (1890, tr. Our Hearts ), showing the emotional life of an unhappily married man.

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