Title: Fou ?
Title Record # 1617447
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1882-08-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
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Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1882-08-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
Note: Borderline speculative: this story is included in collections of Maupassant's fantastic stories because it is seen through the eyes of a madman, and the disorientation induced by his perceptions leaves it hard to know just what is imagination in the way he interprets his mistress.
First published in Gil Blas, 23 August 1882, with the signature Maufrigneuse.
Synopsis: "[T]he narrator loves a certain woman to madness. However, he also hates her passionately, for he knows that she is impure and without a soul; he intensely desires both to possess her and to kill her. When she tires of him, he becomes insanely jealous, determines that her horse (which she rides enraptured) is his rival, and executes it with a bullet to the brain before also killing his mistress." -- Charles E. May
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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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| Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories | 1922-00-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Alfred A. Knopf (The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant #2) | 262 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Complete Short Stories of De Maupassant | 1941-00-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Blue Ribbon Books | 1011 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| 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. |
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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 | ||
| Der Horla | 1982-05-00 | Guy de Maupassant | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Phantastische Literatur #72014) |
3-404-72014-8 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
203 | 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 |
Hilda Büchner?Hilda Buechner
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| Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Stories | 1993-04-08 | Guy de Maupassant | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282923-8 | 288 | 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. |
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| Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women | 1995-01-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye | GuildAmerica Books / SFBC | 1-56865-116-3 / 03334 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 530 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Larry Lurin | |
| 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. |
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Léon Spilliaert?Leon Spilliaert
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| 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 | |
| Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 4 | 2009-07-12 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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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 | |
| Selected Short Stories | date unknown | Guy de Maupassant | Franklin Watts (Watts Ultratype Editions) | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 312 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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