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" (commonly translated in English as "Diary of a Madman") 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[]
Diary of a Madman public domain audiobook at LibriVox
Categories:
- Short stories by Guy de Maupassant
- 1885 short stories