Immerse yourself in the haunting and introspective world of Guy De Maupassant's "The Terror." This short story delves into the mind of a man who is consumed by an overwhelming sense of dread and paranoia. As he struggles to understand the source of his fear, De Maupassant explores themes of psychological terror, existential angst, and the fragility of the human mind. De Maupassant masterfully portrays the protagonist's descent into fear, using his sharp narrative style to convey the intense emotions that accompany unexplained terror. His exploration of the human psyche provides a gripping and chilling experience for readers. "The Terror" is a powerful and unsettling story, perfect for readers who enjoy psychological horror and the profound storytelling of one of France's most celebrated authors.

Experience the drama and consequences of political upheaval in Guy de Maupassant’s A Coup D'etat, a narrative that explores the impact of political instability on individuals and society. In The Horrible, Guy de Maupassant delves into the macabre and unsettling aspects of human nature. The story examines themes of fear, cruelty, and the darker side of human behavior, presenting a chilling narrative that explores the impact of these elements on individuals. Maupassant’s evocative storytelling creates a gripping and haunting experience that reveals the unsettling truths lurking beneath the surface of human interactions.

The Horla ("Le Horla") is a horror story written in the style of a journal by French writer Guy de Maupassant. The story has been cited as an inspiration for Lovecraft's own "The Call of Cthulhu", which also features an extraterrestrial being who influences minds and who is destined to conquer humanity. In the form of a journal, the narrator, an upper-class, unmarried, bourgeois man, conveys his troubled thoughts and feelings of anguish. This anguish occurs for four days after he sees a "superb three-mast" boat and impulsively waves to it, unconsciously inviting the supernatural being aboard the boat to haunt his home. Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes).

“Smith successfully captures Maupassant’s depiction of nineteenth-century French culture using terminology that allows these wonderful texts to reach a fresh generation of readers. A solid translation of some wonderful short stories.” —Library Journal The Norton Critical Edition includes: - Thirty of Maupassant’s best short stories centering on war, the supernatural, and French life, translated by Sandra Smith. - An introduction and explanatory footnotes by Robert Lethbridge. - Essays, letters, and newspaper articles on the subjects that influenced Maupassant’s writing, including politics, war, love, despair, and the supernatural. - Sixteen critical assessments from Maupassant’s time to our own, including those by Joseph Conrad, David Coward, Mary Donaldson-Evans, Rachel Killick, Roger L. Williams, Ruth A. Hottell, and Katherine C. Kurk. - A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

An original, wide-ranging contribution to the study of French writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book examines the ways in which the unconscious was understood in literature in the years before Freud. Exploring the influence of medical and psychological discourse over the existence and/or potential nature of the unconscious, Michael R. Finn discusses the resistance of feminists opposing medical diagnoses of the female brain as the seat of the unconscious, the hypnotism craze of the 1880s and the fascination, in fiction, with dual personality and posthypnotic crimes. The heart of the study explores how the unconscious inserts itself into the writing practice of Flaubert, Maupassant and Proust. Through the presentation of scientific evidence and quarrels about the psyche, Michael R. Finn is able to show the work of such writers in a completely new light.