"L'Inconnue" is a short story by French author
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and s ...
, published in 1885.
Synopsis
On the
Pont de la Concorde in Paris, baron Roger des Annettes meets a stranger who has "an effect... an astonishing effect" on him.
Publication
''L'Inconnue'' was first published in the newspaper
Gil Blas on January 27, 1885, before being reprised in the ''Monsieur Parent'' collection.
[Maupassant, Contes et nouvelles, II, Éditions Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1979, ()]
Editions
* ''
Gil Blas'', 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
The ''Bibliothèque de la Pléiade'' (, "Pleiades Library") is a French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the ...
,
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by G ...
, 1979
References
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Works originally published in Gil Blas (periodical)
Short stories by Guy de Maupassant
1885 short stories
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