Un fou
| "Un fou" | |
|---|---|
| Author | Guy de Maupassant |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Published in | Le Gaulois |
| Publication date | 1885 |
| Preceded by | "Imprudence" |
| Followed by | "Tribunaux rustiques" |
"Un fou" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885.
History
The short story was first published in the newspaper Le Gaulois on September 2, 1885, before being reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection.[1]
This short story should not be confused with Un fou ?, published in 1884. The 1885 short story begins with the following words:
Il était mort chef d'un haut tribunal...
Synopsis
As secretary to a judge who is said to be an "honest magistrate whose irreproachable life was talked about in every court in France", a lawyer finds a strange journal.
Publications
- Le Gaulois, 1885
- Monsieur Parent - collection published in 1885 by the editor Paul Ollendorff
- Maupassant, contes et nouvelles, volume II, text established and annotated by Louis Forestier, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Éditions Gallimard, 1979
References
- ↑ Maupassant, Contes et nouvelles, II, Éditions Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1979, (ISBN 978-2-07-010805-3)
External links
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Diary of a Madman public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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