The Thousand and One Ghosts

The story "The Thousand and One Ghosts" is distinguished by the originality of its construction, where each chapter composes a story. It is a series of macabre stories, with a nerve racking atmosphere.

Summary: During a hunting party in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Alexander Dumas, who does not have much fun to walk the roads, returns to the city just in time to witness a horrible tragedy: a man having murdered his wife came spontaneously to the mayor, Mr. Ledru. It must be said that the poor guy has a good reason to be terrorized. While he has just decapitated his wife with a saber, the unhappy woman's head rolled over and claimed that she was innocent!

That same evening, Dumas was invited to dinner by the mayor. The other guests will in turn tell a frightening experience that everyone has lived. All are more terrifying than the others and deal with the same subject: life does not necessarily stop with death, especially if it was violent or unjust.

Translation by Drakinan.