Title: La peur
Title Record # 1733577
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1882-10-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: La peur
Series Number: 1
Language: French
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Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1882-10-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: La peur
Series Number: 1
Language: French
Note:
- Borderline speculative: this is really a discourse on the fear of the unknown, illustrated by two anecdotes where imagination, atmosphere, and not knowing the cause of perceptions combined to create intense fear.
- This is the first of two different tales bearing this title, published in the October 23rd 1882 issue of Le Gaulois, and included in the 1883 collection Les contes de la bécasse. It is not to be confused with the second one, published in the July 25th 1884 issue of Le Figaro, and left uncollected by the author.
- The first sentence is On remonta sur le pont après dîner, "We went back up on deck after dinner".
Synopsis: Some travelers are chatting about fear. One of them says he has known true fear, and tells about two experiences, one occasion in Africa involving mysterious phenomena and a sudden death, and the other being a night spent in a hut with a group of people who were convinced a dead man was returning to haunt them.
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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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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. |
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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 | |||
Contes de la bécasse et autres contes de chasseurs | 1991-11-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Presses Pocket (Lire et voir des classiques #6096) | 2-266-04331-5 | 270 | 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 de la bécasse | 1994-08-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Gallimard (Folio classique #1144) | 2-07-037144-1 | 214 | 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 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | ||
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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Le Horla: et autres nouvelles fantastiques | 2008-02-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket #12349) | 978-2-266-15920-3 | €1.50?€: Euro |
100 | 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 | Johann Heinrich Füssli | |
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 |