Text An invisible being literally sips away the life of the narrator and puts himself in between to hide his reflection in the mirror. An obsession of the soul or an extraterrestrial invader? One only has to stroke the hair of a dead woman for a terrible creature to materialize, or eat an egg to be possessed by the devil. A walk in the night in Paris can end in the oppression of the dead. Maupassantâ€s characters who are alone and anguished struggle feverishly against insanity armed only with reason. Folder Before reading the text Author: Fact file Chronology of events Literary work: Fact file For better reading of the text Further reading Themes and extensions Texts and pictures «Brevet» examination Reading tools Bibliography and Filmography
