# Contes de la Becasse

By Guy de Maupassant.

"Contes de la Becasse" by Guy de Maupassant is a short story collection published in 1883. The opening story establishes a frame narrative: during woodcock hunting season, the elderly Baron des Ravots hosts dinner parties where guests compete to eat the prized woodcock heads. The winner must then tell a story to compensate the others. The remaining tales are supposedly these dinner stories, creating a structure reminiscent of Boccaccio's Decameron. The collection contains seventeen stories in total. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: Short stories, French; French fiction -- 19th century

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- [Contes de la bécasse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2513) by Guy de Maupassant (4 h 14 min, French)

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