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Title:
La main d'écorché?La main d'ecorche
Title Record # 1286813
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1875-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: La main d'écorché
Series Number: 1
Language: French
Note: This is the first version of the story, initially published in 1875 in L'Almanach lorrain de Pont-à-Mousson. Maupassant completely re-wrote it in 1883 under the title La main, and had it published in Le Gaulois, December 23rd 1883 issue.
Synopsis: Pierre acquires the hand of a murderer who was executed a century earlier, and displays it in his lodgings. Shortly thereafter, he is found in a terrible state with the marks of five fingers on his neck; the hand has disappeared. Seven months later, he dies in an insane asylum, crying out "He's strangling me!"
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), ghosts (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), first person point of view (1), murderer (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1904 English The Flayed Hand
1922Translated by Ernest Boyd.
English The Dead Hand
1950 English The Flayed Hand [as by uncredited]
1958Translated by an unknown hand.
Spanish La mano del cadáver
1996Translated by Mauro Armiño, first published in El Horla y otros cuentos de crueldad y delirio (Valdemar, 1996).
Spanish La mano disecada

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Twenty-Five Ghost Stories 1904-00-00 ed. W. Bob Holland J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.     256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Boule de Suif and Other Stories 1922-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Alfred A. Knopf (The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant #1)      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Haunted Hotel and Twenty-Five Other Ghost Stories 1941-00-00 uncredited Avon Book Co. 6
$0.25?$: US dollar
240+
255
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
omni Checkmark
Twenty-Five Great Ghost Stories 1943-00-00 ed. uncredited Avon Book Co. (New Avon Library)  
$0.25?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Perma Book of Ghost Stories 1950-00-00 ed. W. Bob Holland Permabooks P94
$0.35?$: US dollar
188
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
20 Great Ghost Stories 1955-00-00 ed. uncredited Avon 630
$0.25?$: US dollar
127
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror 1958-00-00 ed. Juan José López Ibor Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor)     xxxi+
1319+
[5]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Récits fantastiques et contes nocturnes 1965-01-00 ed. Hubert Juin Le Livre-club du libraire 180   261
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Contes fantastiques complets 1973-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique
#464)
    384
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Contes fantastiques complets 1976-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique
#464)
    380+
[4]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Qui sait ?: et autres histoires étranges 1981-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Union générale d'éditions (Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur) 2-264-00345-6   297
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Frank Sérac  
Contes fantastiques complets 1983-01-00 Guy de Maupassant Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique
#464)
2-501-00040-4   384
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-05-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 5144
$6.98?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-06-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18549-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1990-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Dorset Press 0-88029-518-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1991-12-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Macdonald 0-356-20221-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ashley Pearce  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1992-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Warner Books UK 0-7515-0030-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Ashley Pearce  
Contes fantastiques complets 1996-01-00 Guy de Maupassant Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout?Bibliotheque Marabout
#9001)
2-501-00948-7   384
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Le Horla: et autres récits fantastiques 2000-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Classique #840) 2-253-00539-8
F20.00?F: French frank
381
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
Checkmark
Galaxia, 3, July-August 2003 2003-07-00 ed. León Arsenal Equipo Sirius  
€3.75?€: Euro
76
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
mag Julio Segura  
Le Horla: et autres récits fantastiques?Le Horla: et autres recits fantastiques
2011-08-00 Guy de Maupassant Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Classiques #840) 978-2-253-00539-1
€3.00?€: Euro
381
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Francesco Oller y Cestero  
Twenty-Five Ghost Stories 2016-10-31 ed. W. Bob Holland Project Gutenberg 53419
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
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