I came across a short story called “A Father’s Confession” by Guy de Maupassant. When reading the title before reading the story I thought to myself that this may be about a father telling his children some truth to how he feels about them or how he may not have been the best father and why.
The beginning of the story it was more of who is going to confess and what. Being that it was at a funeral home it made it more intrigued to want to read more waiting to see when the action or juicy part will start. Then it switches fast and I’ve found out the confession isn’t going to happen so quickly and not at the funeral, it was the next part. Guy de Maupassant is from the 1800s, and I feel like back then certain stories were more of mysteries, their thinking was so brilliant. Getting into the middle of the story, I find out who the father was, so now it’s all about what he will be speaking of to his kids and what will that lead to after hearing the confession. This is a fiction story and it does have suspense and mystery to it. As you further read the story you would wonder if the father had some form of mental health going on the way he explains the thoughts that were going through his head and why it was so strong he felt it within his soul to fulfill the things he was thinking.
I like the short story because not only did it have me on my toes wondering what was the big confession about, it was a crazy twist to it as you thought Guy De Maupassant was going to confess something that would probably have his kids fighting, it literally had his kids in shock and me as well. Although it was a short story I do wish it was just a bit longer to really get the kids’ full reaction to what their father had confessed to them and why he felt to do it the way he did. He may have thought they were going to look at him differently and may not want to speak to him but we will never know now will we. I don’t want to spoil the story. I’d rather you read it for yourselves, but I will say it only gets better.
Get the story! Check out “A Father’s Confession” by Guy de Maupassant at Project Gutenberg, where you can read or download selections from the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant.
About the author This review is by Aliya.
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