The Son
Author: Guy de Maupassant
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Languages: French, English, RU
Genre: Essay, Romance, Short story
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Two elderly men reflect on the unknown children their youthful adventures may have left behind.
Characters
- the senator — old friend and listener: The friend who listens, and for whom the confession opens a question with no answer.
- the academician — narrator of his youth: A celebrated poet, he goes back to the inn of one night of his youth.
- the possible son — abandoned young man: The half-witted stable hand whom nothing lets him either claim or deny.