Danse Macabre

Name: Danse Macabre
Brand: British Library Publishing
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Strange Stories from France

By: Mike Ashley (Editor), Guy de Maupassant, Theophile Gautier, George Langelaan, Claude Seignolle

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Paperback | 16 July 2026

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Spurned lovers return from the grave to haunt their partners, ghost ships materialise on the sea, men's hands take on a life of their own... Welcome to the unsettling world of the French weird.

Though the development of the weird tale in France originally drew on Gothic traditions in Germany, it soon became more heavily influenced by the emerging romantic movement. French weird tales often include elements of fable and romance, but they're just as likely to go to the other extreme in chilling contes cruels. The stories in this anthology follow the evolution of the weird from the aftermath of the 1789 Revolution right through to the end of the twentieth century. They're stories influenced by, and to some extent seeking to justify, civil and political unrest and how people coped with constant change and rebellion, seeking some solace amongst the chaos.

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