十九世纪下半叶的法国，战争的洪流播弄着众生的命运，巴黎的浮华喧嚣着世人的疯狂。妓女未必低贱，她纯洁的心灵能比过晶莹剔透的钻石；钻石的光芒却会蒙蔽住少妇的双眼，分辨不出真与假。法国短篇小说大师莫泊桑以精炼的文笔谱写了一组法兰西生活组曲。这本《羊脂球》精选的49篇佳作中，既有大家耳熟能详的《项链》、《我的于勒叔叔》，也少不了大师的成名作《羊脂球》，从不同的角度还原出法国当时社会的众生相。 (The story is set in France in the second half of the 19th century, when a torrent of war hit the fate of all beings and the pomp of Paris influenced the insanity of people. The prostitute is not necessarily beneath and his pure heart is more glittering than translucent diamond. The diamond light will trump a young woman's eyes and make her not tell the difference between true and false. French short novelist Maupassant composed a life suite of France with his refining language. Among the 49 novels selected in this volume, there are The Necklace, My Uncle Jules, and Boule de Suif, describing the behaviors and appearances of common people in France at that time.)