By following the realist tradition of Balzac,Stendhal and Flaubert Maupassant succeeded in bringing forth the new method of psychological description.

• 其实，他在长篇小说创作上颇有建树：他继承了巴尔扎克、司汤达、福楼拜的现实主义传统，在心理描写上又开拓出新路。