L'Inconnue

"L'Inconnue" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885.

Synopsis
On the Concorde bridge, baron Roger des Annettes meets a stranger who has "an effect... an astonishing effect" on him.

Publication
L'Inconnue was first published in the newspaper Gil Blas on January 27, 1885, before being reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection.

Editions

 * Gil Blas, 1885
 * Monsieur Parent - collection published in 1885 by the editor Paul Ollendorff
 * Maupassant, contes et nouvelles, volume II, text established and annotated by Louis Forestier, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Éditions Gallimard, 1979