This is Volume III of Guy de Maupassant's Collective Short Stories, including Graveyard Sirens, In the Wood, At Sea, My Landlady, The Donkey, The Wardrobe, The Wooden Shoes, and Waiter a Bock. Graveyard and sirens are two seemingly unrelated things. One is somewhere sober and solemn for people to mourn for their beloved and the other in some sense represent a frivolous and flirtatious population. Why does Maupassant put them together? With great curiosity, you will unconsciously follow the narration of Joseph de Bardon, the storyteller in this short story, to find how he "comes across" a charming lady in the cemetery, helps the sorrowful woman return to her house and does something insulting her departed "husband." The ingenious and enlightening ending will leave you a deep and unforgettable impression as well.

《公墓里的妓女》是19世纪法国著名批判现实主义作家莫泊桑的一部反映当时法国妓女生活的短篇小说。文中描写了一个聪明的妓女，突发奇想到公墓里去勾引那些因为失去了某个女人、情妇或者妻子，渴望得到昔日爱抚而心情忧郁的男人们，她则依靠这公墓里复燃起来的怀旧情感赚取利润。《公墓里的妓女》使我们清楚地看到，那些高洁的思想感情和道德品质在某些人身上已逐渐庸俗化，以至于完全消失了。莫泊桑所塑造的这个妓女形象淋漓尽致地表现了他对人类高尚道德品质的呼吁。