"Diary of a Madman" (French: "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. Maupassant, Contes et nouvelles, II, Éditions Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1979, ()
This short story should not be confused with Un fou ?, published in 1884. The 1885 short story begins with the following words:
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.
Editions 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
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