The novel “Life” by Guy de Maupassant is a surprisingly touching and life story of a pure innocent girl Jeanne, a student of the monastery, who loves nature and dreams of sublime love and family happiness. Her bright aspirations and ideals are broken about the brutal reality - she becomes the wife of a petty, mean and rude person. This is the story of a small man’s great tragedy, but it has no external drama and exaggeration. The story described in the book is simple, but at the same time unfathomable, like life itself. The novel “Life” was highly appreciated by Leo Tolstoy, considering it the best novel by Maupassant, as well as the best French novel after Hugo’s Les Misérables.