by Guy de Maupassant · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266296199
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«Le Horla et autres nouvelles fantastiques» is the collection of fantastic tales by Guy de Maupassant, published by Pocket in paperback (96 pages, in French).
The story that gives the book its title is presented as the diary of a man who, without apparent cause, begins to feel the presence of an invisible being; soon his daily life fills with small inexplicable phenomena and growing fear. The other stories in the volume explore similar themes: madness, obsession and the supernatural in nineteenth-century France.
The volume belongs to the Pocket Classiques collection and includes a preface by Daniel Mortier. The original story was first published in 1886.
Of interest to readers of nineteenth-century French classics and fans of the fantastic tale and psychological horror.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
