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Maurice Level

Born

in Vendôme, France

August 29, 1875

Died

April 15, 1926

Genre

Drama, Fiction, Horror

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Maurice Level was a writer of fiction and drama who specialized in short stories of the macabre which were printed regularly in the columns of Paris newspapers and sometimes staged by Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, the repertory company in Paris's Pigalle district devoted to melodramatic productions which emphasized blood and gore.

H.P. Lovecraft observed of Level's fiction in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927): "This type, however, is less a part of the weird tradition than a class peculiar to itself — the so-called conte cruel, in which the wrenching of the emotions is accomplished through dramatic tantalizations, frustrations and gruesome physical horrors." ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 793 ratings · 155 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ιστορίες του Γκραν Γκινιόλ by Maurice Level, Ιλέην Ρήγα (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.06 avg rating — 68 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirty Hours with a Corpse and Other Tales of the Grand Guignol by Maurice Level, S.T. Joshi (Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales Of Mystery And Horror by Maurice Level, Alys Eyre Macklin (Translator), Harry Brodribb Irving (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1920 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phăng Teo by Maurice Level, June Phạm (Translator) 3.08 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Those Who Return by Maurice Level, Bérengère Drillien (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1921 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gates of Hell by Maurice Level, Jessica Sequeira (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1910 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night and Silence 3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las puertas del Infierno 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1910 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grip of Fear 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1908 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Look 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1933	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“And round them, as in them, was a great Darkness....”
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