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Title: La peur Title Record # 1733590
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Date: 1884-07-25
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: La peur
Series Number: 2
Language: French
Note:
  • This is the second of two different tales bearing this title, published in the July 25th 1884 issue of Le Figaro, and left uncollected by the author. It is not to be confused with the first one, published in the October 23rd 1882 issue of Le Gaulois, and included in the 1883 collection Les contes de la bécasse.
  • First sentence in French : Le train filait, à toute vapeur, dans les ténèbres, "The train was speeding along, steaming away, in the darkness".
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Translations
Year Language Title
1925Translation of the 1884 story "La peur" ("The train was speeding into a tunnel...") DO NOT MERGE with translations of the other story with the same title. Translated by Storm Jameson (may be credited to Ernest Boyd).
English Fear
1972Translated by Arnold Kellett
English Terror
2020 English The Terror

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Horla and Other Stories 1925-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Alfred A. Knopf (The Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant #12)      
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  
Tales of Supernatural Terror 1972-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Pan Books 0-330-23397-1
£0.25?£: UK pound
xi+
160
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  
Tales of Supernatural Terror 1973-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Pan Books 0-330-23397-1
£0.25?£: UK pound
xi+
160
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 Josh Kirby  
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.
coll Checkmark
Tales of Supernatural Terror 1977-00-00 Guy de Maupassant Pan Books 0-330-23397-1
£0.50?£: UK pound
xi+
160
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 Josh Kirby Checkmark
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  
The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant 1989-05-00 Guy de Maupassant Xanadu 0-947761-97-7
£10.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Luigi Loir Checkmark
The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant 1989-06-00 Guy de Maupassant Carroll & Graf 0-88184-459-4
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Luigi Loir Checkmark
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  
The Dark Side 1997-04-00 Guy de Maupassant Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0419-5
$10.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
252
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 Maurice de Vlaminck  
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
Checkmark
Tales of Terror 2008-12-11 Guy de Maupassant Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-12-7
£32.50?£: UK pound
xiv+
283
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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  
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III 2020-02-11 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$29.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
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