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A gentleman enjoying the morning over the River Seine waves to a steamer, and the nightmare begins. He believes he may be going insane, but then he begins to feel there is an entity that he cannot see invading his mind and his home. The entity is perhaps an invader from another world. Guy de Maupassant's tale of classic horror will enthrall you.

Résumé : "Le Horla"... Cette nouvelle fantastique bouleversante de Guy de Maupassant, publiée en 1887 sous la forme d'un journal intime nous empoigne, nous émeut, nous fait rêver, nous effraye... Lu par le grand acteur de théâtre Jean-Marie Galey avec une force magistrale, dans une mise en scène sonore très cinématographique et juste, nous parcourons au coude à coude avec l'auteur sa lutte contre le Mal.

《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小说选》收录莫泊桑多篇短篇小说。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，这些人物构成了法国社会的主体，他们身边发生的故事，便构成世俗社会的万象。…… 《羊脂球：莫泊桑短篇小說選》收錄莫泊桑多篇短篇小說。莫泊桑故事中的主人公，大多是小人物，這些人物構成了法國社會的主體，他們身邊發生的故事，便構成世俗社會的萬象。

Après le succès de "Boule de Suif", tout le monde attendait Maupassant au tournant. "La Maison Tellier", peinture d'un moment exceptionnel dans la vie d'un bordel de province, fait taire les détracteurs. Nous sommes bien en présence d'un maître. Il en va de même pour les nouvelles qui font de Maupassant l'un des auteurs les plus connus de la planète. Dans "Au printemps" et dans "Pétition d'un viveur malgré lui" ressort une certaine misogynie, mais quel brio.

A delightful collection of 10 of Guy de Maupassant's most famous tales: "The Parrot", "The Love of Long Ago", "Mademoiselle Fifi", "Miss Harriet", "An Uncomfortable Bed", "A Queer Night in Paris", "My Uncle Jules", "The Piece of String", "The Necklace", and "Found on a Drowned Man".

The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.

A comprehensive and varied collection of the best vampire stories from the Victorian era by the greatest Gothic writers of the time. Includes: 'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant; 'Mrs. Amworth' by E. F. Benson; 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' by John Keats; 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker; 'The Bride of Corinth' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; 'Will' by Vincent O'Sullivan; 'Ken's Mystery' by Julian Hawthorne.

SonicMovies are premium audios with strong vocal performances enhanced by music and sound effects to such an extent they sound like movies. Included here are 13 tales from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and more.

Guy de Maupassant es escritor y periodista. Vinculado a Gustave Flaubert y a Émile Zola, Maupassant dejó su impronta en la literatura francesa con sus novelas, entre ellas Bel-Ami, y especialmente con sus cuentos como Boule de Suif, les Contes de la bécasse y Le Horla. Estas obras atraen la atención por su fuerza realista, la fuerte presencia de la fantasía y el pesimismo que emana más a menudo de ellas, pero también por su dominio estilístico. Estas 100 citas pretenden dar acceso a su obra monumental a través de una selección de sus pensamientos más impactantes, en un formato accesible para todos.

Mysteries come in all sorts, and this collection of seven short stories covers many of them. From the classic detective Sherlock Holmes to the supernatural-refuting Detective Bell, from invisible creatures invading Paris to true crime investigations.

Adrian Penketh's adaptation of Maupassant's first novel. Jeanne de Lamare - a sheltered and naive country aristocrat - leaves her convent education filled with thoughts of love and romance. Lamare marries a smallminded local landowner, and begins to discover how rotten and treacherous adult life is all around her. Jeanne believes that conceiving a second child will heal the ache in her heart caused by a loveless marriage in a rotten world.

Paolo Saverini’s widow lives with her son and his dog in a small house on the cliffs of Bonifacio. One evening, Antoine Saverini is stabbed, and the murderer escapes across the bay to Sardinia. The old lady swears she will have revenge . . .

A stagecoach containing a microcosm of French society seek to escape to Le Havre during the Prussian war. Stopping at an inn along the way, they soon realize they have blundered into Prussian occupied territory. The travelers are not allowed to leave until one woman, a prostitute known as Boule de Suif, (literally suet dumpling, or ball of fat), sleeps with the commanding officer. This turn of events is met with universal indignation by the travelers. But as the days stretch out, everyone’s true colors are revealed.

Guy de Maupassant gilt als Aushängeschild weltliterarischer Novellenkunst. Seine Erzählungen erfrischen uns nach wie vor durch deren Natürlichkeit, schlichter Eleganz und Bodenständigkeit. Erfreut und amüsiert genießen wir diese kleinen Zeitreisen, welche einen genüsslichen Einblick in die bürgerliche Lebenswirklichkeit der französischen Gesellschaft des 19ten Jahrhunderts gewähren. Auf diesem Hörbuch befinden sich folgende drei Erzählungen: Die Morithat, Rosa, Der Vater.

Una mujer pide prestado un collar de brillantes a una amiga adinerada, el cual luce en una elegante fiesta a la que concurre con su esposo. Sin embargo, cuando regresa a casa, ocurre un percance que transformará su vida en toda una tragedia.

Guy de Maupassant is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. In this Useless Beauty ( L'Inutile Beauté ) a woman who is being kept at home by a jealous husband as a "trophy," finally reaches her limit to the astonishment of her husband.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.