by Guy de Maupassant · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266028936
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«Le Horla et autres récits fantastiques» is a volume of fantastic tales by Guy de Maupassant, published by Pocket in paperback, in French.
It brings together eighteen fantastic tales by Maupassant: invisible presences, split selves and madness. The edition includes period documents, such as Charcot's psychiatric studies, and the first version of «Le Horla», which shows the genesis of the tale. It follows a man lost in his inner landscape, wrapped in the mists of the night.
The edition, 207 pages, is presented and annotated by Daniel Mortier and belongs to the Lire et voir les classiques collection.
Intended for students and readers of French classics, with complete text, historical-literary dossier and colour iconographic section.
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.
