Title: La mère aux monstres
Title Record # 1576306
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1883-06-12
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: online-literature.com, pseudopod.org
Language: French
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Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1883-06-12
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: online-literature.com, pseudopod.org
Language: French
Note: First published in Gil Blas, 12 June 1883, with the signature Maufrigneuse.
Synopsis: The narrator's friend proposes to show him one of the curiosities of the region: the "Mother of Monsters," a woman who keeps giving birth to deformed children. In her youth she became pregnant and disguised her shape with a tight corset; the child was born a monster and she sold him to a sideshow for good money. Realizing that this is a source of income, she deliberately creates more monster pregnancies with this method. The narrator compares her to an equally monstrous mother who wore corsets while pregnant in order to be fashionable.
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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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Yvette and Other Stories | 1924-00-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Alfred A. Knopf (The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant #8) | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||||
The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant | 1955-00-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Hanover House | $5.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 1339 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Victorian Tales of Terror | 1974-11-11 | ed. Hugh Lamb | W. H. Allen | 0-491-01781-2 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bob Marchant | |
Victorian Tales of Terror | 1975-03-00 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Taplinger | 0-8008-7986-4 | $8.50?$: US dollar |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
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. |
coll | |||
Victorian Tales of Terror | 1976-11-00 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Coronet | 0-340-20817-1 | £0.80?£: UK pound |
287 | 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 | Alan Lee | |
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 | ||
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 | |||
The Monster Book of Monsters | 1988-05-00 | ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy | Xanadu | 0-947761-42-X | £9.95?£: UK pound |
352 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Hannes Bok | |
The Monster Book of Monsters | 1988-08-00 | ed. Michael O'Shaughnessy | Bonanza Books | 0-517-66293-0 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
352 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Hannes Bok | |
100 Creepy Little Creatures | 1994-08-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-511-X | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xix+ 585 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Kevin McGuinness | |
100 Creepy Little Creatures | 1995-07-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-919-0 | $4.98?$: US dollar |
xx+ 585 |
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 | ||
O festim da aranha | 2008-10-00 | ed. Aníbal Fernandes | Assírio&Alvim (Beltenebros #10) | 978-972-37-1331-2 | 314 | 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 | Francisco Goya | ||
La cabeza de la Gorgona y otras transformaciones terroríficas | 2011-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Valdemar (Gótica #85) | 978-84-7702-697-6 | 492 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio | ||
Pseudopod, #282 | 2012-05-19 | ed. Shawn Garrett | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | ||||
Supernatural Short Stories | 2018-04-15 | ed. Joshua Perry | Arcturus Publishing | 978-1-78828-407-3 | 384 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Supernatural Short Stories | 2018-06-01 | ed. Joshua Perry | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | 978-1-78828-543-8 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
384 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Victorian Tales of Terror | 2019-10-31 | ed. Hugh Lamb | Kingsbrook Publishing | 978-1-69903-307-4 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
353 | 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 | Richard Lamb |