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"La Peur" is an 1882 short story by Guy de Maupassant. It was first published in the October 23, 1882 issue of Le Gaulois, and later included in Contes de la bécasse in 1887. The short plot concerns the relation of incidents of fear told on the deck of a boat bound for Africa.

Maupassant wrote a second similar story, also called La Peur, in 1884 for the Figaro, set on a train.

External links

An omnibus collection of Maupassant's short fiction at Standard Ebooks
Fear public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Fear by Guy de Maupassant

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Bibliography
Novels	Une Vie Bel-Ami Sur l'eau (1886) Pierre et Jean Le Rosier de Madame Husson
Story collections	Les Soirées de Médan La Maison Tellier (1881) Mademoiselle Fifi (1882) Contes de la bécasse (1883) Clair de lune (1883) Miss Harriet (1884) Les Sœurs Rondoli (1884) Yvette (1884) Contes du jour et de la nuit (1885) Monsieur Parent (1885) Toine (1886) La Petite Roque (1886) Le Horla (1887) Le Rosier de madame Husson (1888) La Main gauche (1889) L'Inutile Beauté (1890) Le Père Milon (1900) Le Colporteur (1900) Misti (1912)
Short stories	"À vendre" "Le Baptême" "La Bête à Maît' Belhomme" "Boule de Suif" "La Confidence" "Deux Amis" "Un fou" "The Horla" "Imprudence" "L'Inconnue" "Mademoiselle Fifi" "La Maison Tellier" "Mother Savage" "The Necklace" "La Peur" "The Piece of String" "Pierrot" "Suicides" "Tribunaux Rustiques" "Useless Beauty" "A Vendetta"
Related	The Affairs of Maupassant (1935 film) Katha Sagar (1986 series)

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