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There has, however, been no systematic endeavor to take up the important works of each region and present them in a widely understood language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFusion Books, has planned the publication of a series of anthologies of English translations of modern short stories written in the different Indian languages, with the aim of bringing the people of India closer together and making Indian literature available in other parts of the world.  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These folk tales convey a sense of the traditional nomadic life and within them we can catch a glimpse of a nomad's friendships, enmities, and conflicts and can get a sense of his or her joys and sorrows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as in folk tales everywhere, this collection includes many animal stories, tales of family strife and community division, disputes about morals and laws and encounters with magic and magic beings. These stories are governed by plots common to all folk tales: the rule of greedy kings is ended; wicked beings are punished, and usually the good are rewarded. 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Two occurrences in Maupassant youth, spent near Dieppe, France, scarred him for life. One was the seperation of his parents when he was 11 year old. Raised by his strong neurotic mother, Maupassant adored her, hated his father, despised all husbands, and remained a bachelor. The other was the discovery that he has syphilis, which he had either inherited or contracted. He claimed he was cured  of it, but he wasn't, and in his later years it destroyed him. Living in Paris and studying law, he began to write, with his mother's friend Gustave Flaubert as his stern mentor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuitting law, Maupassant worked for ten years as a government clerk, mostly for the naval ministry. When  he was 30, his first published short story, Boule de Suif, the story of a Rouen prostitute, caused a sensation, and three years later he published his first novel, Unne Vie, called by Leo Tolstoy the best French novel since Les Miserables. 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