In the novels of Maupassant, especially in the first and best of them, which are “Life” (1883) and “Dear friend” (1885), we will find the same, already familiar features of his work. revealing the deep drama of everyday life , Natural , Far From All Rhetoric , Very clear image of the social environment, character-determining heroines and heroes - the daughters of poor landowners Jeanne from "Life" or the rogue Duroy , returned from military service from Africa without a single sous in his pocket … In Maupassant's short novels, human drama is usually captured by necessity only in one of its most comical or tragic situations. Illustrations are provided in the book ..