La Peur (short story)

"La Peur" is an 1882 short story by Guy de Maupassant. It was first published in the October 23, 1882 issue of Le Gaulois, and later included in Contes de la bécasse in 1887. The short plot concerns the relation of incidents of fear told on the deck of a boat bound for Africa.^[1]

Maupassant also wrote a second similar story also called La Peur in 1884 for the Figaro, set on a train.

References

↑ Online English translation

Works by Guy de Maupassant

Bibliography

Novels	Une Vie Bel Ami Pierre et Jean Le Rosier de Madame Husson

Story collections	Les Soirées de Médan La Maison Tellier Mademoiselle Fifi

Short stories	"À vendre" "Le Baptême" "La Bête à Maît' Belhomme" "Boule de Suif" "La Confidence" "Deux Amis" "Un fou" "The Horla" "Imprudence" "L'Inconnue" "Mademoiselle Fifi" "La Maison Tellier" "Mother Savage" "The Necklace" "La Peur" "The Piece of String" "Pierrot" "Suicides" "Tribunaux Rustiques" "Useless Beauty"

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