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Chef-d'oeuvre de la litt?rature fantastique du XIX? si?cle, Le Horla de Guy de Maupassant est une nouvelle plongeant le lecteur aux confins du doute et de la folie.

Les trois versions diff?rentes de la nouvelle de Maupassant sont propos?es dans ce recueil : version 1885 sous forme de lettre avec "lettre d'un fou", la version 1886 sous forme de r?cit et la version 1887 sous forme de journal intime.Mais qu'est ce que "le horla" ?

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,... Read Full Overview

Our woe is upon us. This chilling tale of one man's descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so The Horla has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant's mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it... Read Full Overview

"The Horla" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 - 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. A prot g of Flaubert,... Read Full Overview

mai. - Quelle journ e admirable J'ai pass toute la matin e tendu sur l'herbe, devant ma maison, sous l' norme platane qui la couvre, l'abrite et l'ombrage tout enti re. J'aime ce pays, et j'aime y vivre parce que j'y ai mes racines, ces profondes et d licates racines, qui... Read Full Overview

A trav s de un diario el autor nos muestra las alucinaciones del protagonista, el cual siente la presencia de un ente que l llama El Horla.

Le Horla est une nouvelle fantastique de Maupassant crite en en 1887. C'est un des derniers r cits fantastiques que Maupassant a crits. Le Horla se pr sente sous la forme d'un journal inachev qui laisse craindre que son propri taire n'ait sombr dans la folie. Le Horla marque... Read Full Overview

Un homme note dans son journal intime ses angoisses, ses doutes et ses terreurs. En effet, sa paisible demeure du bord de Seine va petit petit se transformer en royaume de la peur, une pr sence effroyable semblant r der et tourmenter sans r pit le narrateur... Les trois nouvelles... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Horla is a classic horror novella written by French author Guy de Maupassant. The story follows an unnamed narrator who begins to experience strange and terrifying occurrences in his home. He becomes convinced that an invisible being, the Horla, is haunting him and slowly... Read Full Overview

"Le Horla" de Guy de Maupassant. Ecrivain fran?ais (1850-1893).