The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories

The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories
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Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-13 : 9781500882549
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Download or read book The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories written by Guy de Maupassant and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a reputation as France's preeminent short story writer, an artist whose cynical and macabre visions paralleled those of Hoffmann and Poe, and directly influenced those of Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and H.P. Lovecraft. His stories are nightmarescapes of psychopathy, corruption, and decadence, featuring a serial-killer judge, a maddening episode of cabin fever (which influenced The Shinning), a gruesome discovery during a night on the river, the inexplicable exodus of a man's walking furniture, the famous invisible vampire, the Horla, werewolves, haunted rooms, neglected ghosts, and vivid affairs of necrophilia. This unique and unrivalled edition of de Maupassant's best weird tales, fantasies, and mysteries includes critical introductions to each story, contextual information, and chilling illustrations that breathe life into his Gothic visions and bizarre fantasias.


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