Timbuctoo

Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893), full name - Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a French writer and novelist, author of many famous novels and stories. Guy de Maupassant was born in the castle de Miromesnil near Dieppe. His father - Gustave de Maupassant - who belonged to the aristocratic old Lorraine, settled in Normandy, married Laura le Poitevin. The first story of Maupassant was released in 1880 with tales of Zola, Alexis, Ceara, Ennika and Huysmans, in the collection «Les soirées de Médan».

Timbuctoo is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. It tells the story of a Negro, living in France.  But he was nothing alike the most of his king. Sharp dressed, wealthy and seemingly happy, he drew all the attention of passers-by possible. Who was he? Where he came from and where he was going to? Read and find out!