num_pages: 252
description: In a new translation by Arnold Keller all the tales of terror by Guy de Maupassant, France's greatest short story writer, are collected here in one volume. These 31 stories of the supernatural explore the furthest reaches of the macabre and at the same time parallel de Maupassant's own descent into madness and death. Includes a Foreword by modern master horror writer Ramsey Campbell.The Horla --The Devil --Two friends --Fear --The hand --Coco --The mannerism --The madwoman --Mohammed-Fripouille --The blind man --At sea --Apparition --Saint-Antoine --The wolf --Terror --The diary of a madman --A vendetta --The smile of Schopenhauer --On the river --He? --Old Milon --The head of hair --The inn --Mother Savage --Was he mad? --The dead girl --Mademoiselle Cocotte --A night in Paris --The case of Louise Roque --The drowned man --Who knows?
language: English
title: The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
titlecomplete: The Dark Side: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
genres: Literature, Classics, Supernatural, 19th Century, Anthologies, France, Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Fantasy
ratings_count: 192
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub