AstoryofMaupassant, morethanalmostanythingintheworld, , butitdoesnotimpressyoubyitsthought; itisclearlyseen, butitdoesnotimpressyouspeciallybythefidelityofitsdetail; ; , indeed, youcannothelpnoticingtheconscioussmilewhichprecedesthetrick, , buthepreventsyoufromignoringthatitisafterall, onlyatrickwhichyouhavebeenwatching.
'swasasimpleone, sufficientforhisneedsasheunderstoodthem, thoughperhapsreallyconsequentuponhisartisticmethods, : themosteffectualmeansoflimitingone'soutlook, ofconcentratingallone', , ; hewantedtoconcernhimselfwithhisstorysimplyasastory; incidentsinterestedhim, notideas, norevencharacters, , inFrance, suppliesasufficientbasisforalltheserequirements; itistheequivalent, forpopularpurposes, , forinstance, theadmirablestory "BouledeSuif," perhapsthebeststorywhichMaupassanteverwrote, withastoryofsomewhatsimilarmotive—BretHarte's "OutcastsofPokerFlat." Bothstoriesarepathetic; butthepathosoftheAmerican (whohadformedhimselfuponDickens, andintheEnglishtradition) becomessentimental, andgetsitssuccessbybeingsentimental; whilethepathosoftheFrenchman (whohasformedhimselfonFlaubert, andonFrenchlines) getsitssuccesspreciselybybeingcynical.
AndthentheparticularvarietyofMaupassant'scynicismwasjustthatvariationoftheartisticideauponthetemperamentwhichputsthebestfinishuponworknecessarilysolimited, obligedtobesoclenching, 'sgiganticdissatisfactionwithlife, hisreallyphilosophicsenseofitsvanity, wouldhaveoverweightedawritersothoroughlyequippedforhisworkasthewriterof "BouledeSuif" and "LaMaisonTellier." Maupassanthadnotime, heallowedhimselfnospace, toreasonaboutlife; theneedwasuponhimtotellstoryafterstory, eachwithitscrisis, itsthrill, , tellingthrustthathisconceptionofartdemandedcouldbegivenonlybyaveryspecious, notveryprofound, veryforthright, kindofcynicism, likethehalfkindly, .
Maupassantwasthemanofhisperiod, "LesSoireesdeMedan," thevolumeinwhich "BouledeSuif" appeared, thereisanotherstorycalled "SacauDos," inwhichanothernovelistmadehisappearanceamongthefivewho "publiclyaffirmedtheirliterarytendencies" , thenbutattheoutsetofhisslowandpainfulcoursethroughschoolsandexperiments, wasintimetosumupthenewtendenciesofanewperiod, assignificantlyasMaupassantsummedupinhisshortandbrilliant, andalmostundeviatingcareer, : "SoireesdeMedan" helpedtowinhasbeenwon; havinggainedourrighttodealwithhumbleandunpleasantandsordidlytragicthingsinfiction, , andwillnotreturn, .
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