]Maupassant presents a unique panorama of late 19th-century France: war defeat, elite merrymaking, bourgeois salon gatherings, bureaucratic routines, petit-bourgeois daily life, provincial town charm, peasant labor and existence, religious rites, and tavern/brothel clamor. Humanism, patriotism, and democratic-tinged pacifism blaze as radiant sparks throughout his work.] ]His stories capture everyday human dramas. Yet, through keen observation and profound insight, they reveal essential truths about life and society. Though brief, they possess remarkable depth. The artistic mastery of his short fiction is unparalleled in France and globally, making it exemplary-earning him the title ""The Master of Short Stories."" 莫泊桑带我们领略了19世纪后期法国的别样景观：战争的溃败、上流社会的喜庆游乐、资产者沙龙的聚会、官僚机构里的例行公事、小资产阶级家庭的日常生活、外省小镇上的风情、农民的劳动与生活、宗教仪式与典礼、酒馆妓院里的喧闹等等。人道主义精神、爱国主义思想与带有民主主义色彩的和平主义思想，是其创作中发散出来的炽热的精神火花。 莫泊桑的小说多摹写日常生活中的人情世态，但由于作者观察精细，善于开掘，深刻地反映出了生活的真实和社会的本质。篇幅虽短，蕴含极深。其短篇小说所达到的艺术水平，在法国乃至世界文坛上都是卓越超群的，具有某种典范的意义，被誉为"短篇小说之王"。