title: La Confidence
text: # La Confidence
  
  "La Confidence" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885.
  
  ## History
  
  La Confidence is a short story written by Guy de Maupassant. It was first published in the periodical Gil Blas on August 20, 1885, before being reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  The marquise of Rennedon tells her friend, the baroness of Grangerie, how she just took revenge on her abominable husband.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Gil Blas, 1885
  * Monsieur Parent – collection published in 1885 by the editor Paul Ollendorff
  * Maupassant, contes et nouvelles, volume II, text established and annotated by Louis Forestier, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Éditions Gallimard, 1979
  