He wonders if he has actually trapped and killed it. If not, he will commit suicide. The Horla stands at the top of de Maupassant s list of achievements both for its claustrophobic and subtle feel but more so because it encapsulates everything the writer has written on madness, his tour de force on a subject of which he had a personal knowledge and terror. This web site was created with the assistance of Office Extras . All materials, including artwork, are copyrighted by their respected author's and are not to be reproduced in any form without the expressed written permission of the author.
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