
The Apparition
1883
First Published
3.66
Average Rating
170
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A routine errand to retrieve documents inside a lonely, derelict house takes an unexpected turn for the errand-runner. This is a sharp little vignette that, if for no other merits, succeeds in relating what it is like to be irrationally frightened. Or maybe it is entirely rational. We have all felt, at some point, the presence of something beyond the spectrum of human sight. Some call it nerves; others call it ghost.
Avg Rating
3.66
Number of Ratings
132
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3 STARS
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Author

Guy de Maupassant
Author · 165 books
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant's short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortless dénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.