- Paperback: 74 pages
- Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING; New edition edition (5 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0976140748
- ISBN-13: 978-0976140740
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 0.8 x 17.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 357,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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his chilling tale of one man's descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so ""The Horla"" has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant's mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it is clear that de Maupassant - hailed alongside Chekhov as father of the short story - was at the peak of his powers in this innovative precursor of first-person psychological fiction.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
REALLY GREAT!
24 April 2006
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This is a really great story (stories) in a neat new format. It is actually the same story -- of the author's descent into madness -- told in three different ways. He was trying to work out the best way to tell this story, and never did decide which one worked best for him. I found the first version in this book to be fabulously frightening! I have read other books by de Maupassant and had never heard of this one, but am so glad I discovered it, and read it. I have since recommended it to others who also found it to be fascinating. There are more books/stories in this series, and I plan to take a look at all of them. But this one is a keeper!
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I Heart Short Books
5 Dec 2008
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If you like short books you'll love this one. This skinny little book contains three versions of the story.
Although the introduction claims this isn't in any way autobiographical it is a fairly good example of something that seems to have been written by a paranoid schizophrenic. Was he schizophrenic? I don't know, Wikipedia says he had paranoid delusions because of syphilis and committed suicide (not long after writing this book.)
Although the introduction claims this isn't in any way autobiographical it is a fairly good example of something that seems to have been written by a paranoid schizophrenic. Was he schizophrenic? I don't know, Wikipedia says he had paranoid delusions because of syphilis and committed suicide (not long after writing this book.)
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