The Flayed Hand by Guy de Maupassant (Online Text)
While he was still in just a teenager, Maupassant visited the poet Algernon Swinburne, who showed him a mummified hand.
Read MoreWhile he was still in just a teenager, Maupassant visited the poet Algernon Swinburne, who showed him a mummified hand.
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Read More“The Hand” was written in the 1880s by the French author Guy de Maupassant, who is considered by many to
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