Horla (eBook)

A Terrifying Tale of Invisible Evil and Mental Deterioration

Guy De Maupassant (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
The Library of Alexandria (Verlag)
978-1-80629-084-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;Unseen Stalker"e; 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2025
• Übersetzer: Tim Zengerink
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• ISBN-10: 1-80629-084-7 / 1806290847
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80629-084-0 / 9781806290840