The Horla: A Terrifying Tale of Invisible Evil and Mental Deterioration (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Library of Alexandria, Band 303) - Hardcover

Maupassant, Guy De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1806290863 ISBN 13: 9781806290864

Verlag: Muze Publishing, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

What if the thing stealing your breath could never be seen-only felt?

First printed in 1887 and hailed as a precursor to cosmic and psychological horror, The Horla chronicles a mind's slow consumption by an entity that may-or may not-be real. This fresh, accessible translation heightens Maupassant's razor-sharp prose for modern readers while preserving every pulse of paranoia.

• Origin of the "Unseen Stalker" Mythos - Discover the story that inspired H. P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space and modern films like The Invisible Man.
• Diary-Style Descent - Each dated entry drags you deeper into sleepless terror, mirroring the narrator's fraying sanity.
• Science vs. Supernatural - Hypnotism, germ theory, and colonial fears collide, reflecting a century's anxieties in one haunting figure.
• Enhanced Edition Extras - Includes a timeline of Maupassant's own struggles with mental illness, discussion prompts, and a mini-essay on the history of invisible monsters in fiction.

Read at night with the lights low-if you dare to sense what lurks over your shoulder.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Muze Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1806290863
• ISBN 13: 9781806290864
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 62
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