Introducing Little Clothbound Classics irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna from haunted New England to a sundrenched Mediterranean island and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon Beautifully designed and printed these collectible editions are bound in colourful tactile cloth and stamped with foilOften described as the father of the modern short story there is perhaps no other writer more closely associated with the form than Guy de Maupassant Included here is his most famous story Boule de Suif as well as tales of love such as the brilliant Happiness and the supernatural like the chilling The Horla