Title: Le Horla (early version)
Title Record # 1703495
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1886-10-26
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Le Horla
Series Number: 2
Language: French
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Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1886-10-26
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Le Horla
Series Number: 2
Language: French
Note: This is the first version of the story written by Guy de Maupassant (1886, about 3,500 words long), initially published on October 26 1886 in the daily newspaper Gil Blas. A revised and lengthened version of it (about about 7,800 words long) was published the following year under the same title, "Le Horla", differring considerably as far as its narrative structure was concerned.
Synopsis: Mental specialist Dr. Marrande tells a few of his collegues about the curious case of a man who believes he is haunted by an invisible being. The patient is ushered, made to tell his story and answer questions. The doctor then states his inability to decide whether the man is mad or telling the truth.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Gil Blas, October 26, 1886 | 1886-10-26 | ed. Editors of Gil Blas | Gil Blas | F0.15?F: French frank |
4 | other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes. |
mag | |||
Anthologie du conte fantastique français | 1947-06-00 | ed. Pierre Castex | Librairie José Corti | 326 | 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 | S.o'B. | |||
Anthologie du conte fantastique français | 1947-06-00 | ed. Pierre Castex | Librairie José Corti | 326 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
Anthologie du conte fantastique français | 1963-09-00 | ed. Pierre Castex | Librairie José Corti | 348 | 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 | ||||
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. |
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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 | ||||
Fantastische verhalen | 1976-00-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Het Spectrum (Prisma #1726) | 90-274-0853-X | 153 | 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. |
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Anthologie du conte fantastique français | 1977-09-00 | ed. Pierre Castex | Librairie José Corti | 348 | 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 | ||||
Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique: Tome I | 1980-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Éditions Vernoy / Éditions Famot (Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique #1) | 286 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
Vampires de Paris | 1981-00-00 | ed. Francis Lacassin | Union générale d'éditions (Les maîtres de l'étrange et de la peur) | 2-264-00364-2 | 250 | 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 | Alain Tercinet | ||
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. |
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Beroemde fantastische verhalen | 1985-00-00 | uncredited | Hema | 1-132-92303-4 |
153+ 221+ 135 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
Das GeisterHausBuch: Band 2 | 1987-00-00 | ed. Klaus Seehafer | Ravensburger (Ravensburger Taschenbuch #1652) | 3-473-51652-X | 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 |
Jindra Čapek?Jindra Chapek
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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. |
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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
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Anthologie du conte fantastique français | 2004-01-02 | ed. Pierre Castex | Librairie José Corti (Les Massicotés) | 375 | 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 | ||||
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories | 2004-06-23 | Guy de Maupassant | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044812-8 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
304 | 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 | Pierre Bonnard | |
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories | 2004-06-23 | Guy de Maupassant | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-191529-3 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Pierre Bonnard | |||
A Parisian Affair and Other Stories | 2004-12-28 | Guy de Maupassant | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044812-8 | 304 | 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 | Pierre Bonnard | ||
Petit musée des horreurs: Nouvelles fantastiques, cruelles et macabres | 2008-08-00 | ed. Nathalie Prince | Robert Laffont (Bouquins) | 978-2-221-11014-0 | €30.00?€: Euro |
xxvii+ 1104 |
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 | Steve Beck | |
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 |