The Night: A Nightmare

Guy de Maupassant's short story "A Nightmare" vividly portrays the streets of Paris. Our narrator roams the city streets after hours, embracing and explaining his love of the night as he goes. Yet this time, the night takes a more menacing turn and soon becomes a living nightmare for him. Maupassant's story plunges into the darker places of the human psyche with colourful storytelling, taking the reader on a nocturnal and personal tour of historical 19th-century Parisian landmarks.