The Literary Gothic | Guy de Maupassant

"The Apparition"

"Ghosts"

A delightful case of explained supernaturalism.

"The Hand"

- at Munsey's / BlackMask (various formats)

"Le Horla" [1887]

Identified by E. F. Bleiler as "one of the great classics of psychopathology."

- at Gaslight (59K)
- at Project Gutenberg as part of Selected Writings of Guy de Maupassant (522K or zipped version at 211K); use your browser's "Find" function to locate.
-- Discussion of this story. [Peter Cogman, U Southampton; Literary Encylopedia]

"The Inn"

"Legend of Mont. St. Michel"

One of the tales in the Project Gutenberg etext Original Short Stories - Volume 7 (239K or zipped version at 89K); use your browser's "Find" function to locate.

"Magnetism"

One of the tales in the Project Gutenberg etext Original Short Stories - Volume 13 (206K or zipped version at 78K); use your browser's "Find" function to locate.

De Maupassant's fictional response to the Jack the Ripper murders. [Casebook: Jack the Ripper]

"On the River"

One of the tales in the Project Gutenberg etext Original Short Stories - Volume 6 (255K or zipped version at 97K); use your browser's "Find" function to locate.

"The Unknown"

One of the tales in the Project Gutenberg etext Original Short Stories - Volume 7 (239K or zipped version at 89K); use your browser's "Find" function to locate.

"Was It a Dream?"

- at LitGothic a LitGothic etext

"Who Knows?"

- at LitGothic a LitGothic etext

Maupassant, Guy de