Title: La chevelure

Title: La chevelure Title Record # 1733587
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1884-05-13
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French

Note: First published in Gil Blas, May 13, 1884, and signed "Maufrigneuse", this story was later collected in Toine, Paris, Marpon et Flammarion, 1885-1886. Bleiler states in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, that Artine Artinian who edited the 1955 The Complete Short Stories does not believe this story to be the work of de Maupassant, but that other authorities such as Helmut Kessler in his Maupassants Novellen (1966) disagree.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1903^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator, appeared in an edition of the works of Maupassant published by M. Walter Dunne, 1903.	English	One Phase of Love
1909^ⓘTranslated by Fanny Rousseau-Wallach	English	The Golden Braid
1910^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited translator, revised by Dora Knowlton Ranous.	English	A Tress of Hair
1923^ⓘTranslated by Ernest Boyd.	English	A Woman's Hair
1963^ⓘTranslated by Irma Schauber	German	Das Haar
1976^ⓘTranslated by Lucie Haring and Rob Geuljans	Dutch	De haarwrong
1976^ⓘTranslated by Arnold Kellett	English	The Hair
1989^ⓘTranslated by Arnold Kellett	English	The Head of Hair

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Histoires étranges	1963-00-00	ed. Jean Palou	Casterman			366	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
La France fantastique de Balzac à Louÿs	1973-00-00	ed. Jean-Baptiste Baronian	Marabout (Anthologie du Fantastique)			443	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	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
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 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
La dimension fantastique	1996-12-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-277-30150-7	F10.00^?F: French frank	155	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	J. K. Potter
Boule de Suif	1999-03-00	Guy de Maupassant	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Classique #650)	2-253-00963-6		253	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	P. Falké^?P. Falke
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
Histoires démoniaques et luxurieuses	2002-01-00	ed. Jean-Paul Bouchon, Claude Deméocq	Terre de Brume (Terres Fantastiques)	2-84362-127-5	€18.00^?€: Euro	182	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	Gustave Adolf Mossa
La dimension fantastique	2003-01-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-290-31418-8		155	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	J. K. Potter
La dimension fantastique - 1	2005-12-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-290-33532-0	€2.00^?€: Euro	155	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	J. K. Potter
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

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Reviews

Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)