A Dead Woman's Secret
2015
First Published
3.10
Average Rating
97
Number of Pages
A Dead Woman's Secret is a short story about a mother who just passed away and her family members finding out “secrets” about their deceased mother. She had died from a painless death in her bed looking like she had got herself ready before dying. She laid there looking calm and peaceful as her son and daughter were bereft. With dour expressions they decided to read the letters their mother had wrote which was kept in her drawer. Letters were directed to her children but after reading them children were amazed at the secrets of their mother...
Avg Rating
3.10
Number of Ratings
128
5 STARS
12%
4 STARS
22%
3 STARS
40%
2 STARS
18%
1 STARS
9%
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Author
Guy de Maupassant
Author · 165 books
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.
