About this book

A nameless man is haunted by a frightening entity until it slowly takes over his life. Now, the narrator can’t sleep or leave his house. The Horla tortures him endlessly, and as the man grows weaker, his paranoia only gets stronger. Is it a nightmare, or a beast that ruins his life? The lines between reality and fantasy start to blur and the brightest days are overshadowed by the darkest nights. Maupassant wrote this psychological horror story as he was dealing with mental illness due to syphilis. It is a deeply disturbing and fascinating novella that has inspired great writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, the author of “The Call of Cthulhu”.