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Title: The Spectacles Title Record # 1007347
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1844-03-27
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: librivox.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
  • First published in the March 27, 1844 Dollar Newspaper .
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1855 The Spectacles; or, Love at First Sight
1992 The Spectacles [as by Edgar Poe]
Year Language Title
1901ⓘTranslated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg]
 German Die Liebe auf den ersten Blick
1920ⓘTranslated by Gisela Etzel
 German Die Brille
1929ⓘTranslated by Y. Fukazawa Japanese title has not been identified
 Japanese
眼鏡?めがね
Megane
[as by
エドガー・アラン・ポー?Edogā Aran Pō
Edogaa Aran Poo
]
1963ⓘTranslated by Ion Vinea
 Romanian Ochelarii
1965ⓘ Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg] Translation first published in 1901 as Die Liebe auf den ersten Blick
 German Liebe auf den ersten Blick
1965ⓘTranslated by Ion Vinea and Mircea Alexandrescu
 Romanian Ochelarii [as by E. A. Poe]
1992ⓘTranslated by Alain Jaubert
 French Les lunettes [as by Edgar Poe]
1993ⓘTranslated by Heide Steiner
 German Die Brille
2008ⓘTranslated by José Manuel Gomes
 Portuguese Os óculos
2016ⓘTranslated by Liziane Kugland
 Portuguese Os Óculos

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1850-01-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     xx+
483+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1853-00-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1856-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607+
447
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Tales of Mystery, Imagination and Humour 1878-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Ward, Lock     395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose 1880-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     clxxviii+
676
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Assignation and Other Tales 1884-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe John W. Lovell (Lovell's Library #438)     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 1904-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe P. F. Collier & Son     381
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 5 1905-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby
(The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #5)		      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1908-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #336)     xv+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Selected Tales of Mystery 1909-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. B. Lippincott     vi+
335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     1296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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ポー短篇集?Pō tanpenshū
Pou tanpenshuuu
 1929-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
英文学社?えいぶんがくしゃ
Eibungakusha
(
英文名作文庫?えいぶんめいさくぶんこ
Eibun Meisaku Bunko
#4)		     112+
589
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms 1931-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Blue Ribbon Books     [32]+
918
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1933-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Tudor Publishing Company     412
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke , Harry Clarke  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1936-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Spencer Press     404
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1938-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Galdone  
Tales 1952-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics)     666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Descent Into the Maelström?Descent Into the Maelstroem
 1961-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Digit Books R512
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 160
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1336)  
6/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Robin Jacques Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1963-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #1336) 1336
6/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Robin Jacques Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
819
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library     vii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1971-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
 xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Smythe Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1975-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books 0-394-71678-7 / V-678
$5.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1977-07-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
 xii+
527
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Checkmark
Forty-Two Tales 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Octopus Books 0-7064-1053-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
 638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke  
The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1981-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-14990-5
$35.00?$: US dollar
 xvii+
683
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Edgar Allan Poe 1983-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press 0-517-41375-2   xii+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1984-08-01 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$27.50?$: US dollar
 1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1985-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books 0-517-05358-6   ix+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1991-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-07407-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
 821
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jackie Schuman  
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1992-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) 0-679-60007-8
$20.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1994-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$37.50?$: US dollar
 1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 2000-04-01 Edgar Allan Poe Project Gutenberg 2149   381
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2008-07-30 Edgar Allan Poe Chartwell Books 978-0-7858-2452-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
 383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 2008-09-25 Edgar Allan Poe Calla Editions 978-1-60660-004-7
$40.00?$: US dollar
 [3]+
414
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems 2009-11-29 Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books 978-0-7858-1453-5   xiv+
842
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Steampunk Poe 2011-10-04 Edgar Allan Poe Running Press Teens 978-0-7624-4192-1
$18.95?$: US dollar
 263
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Steampunk Poe 2011-10-04 Edgar Allan Poe Running Press Teens 978-0-7624-4387-1
$7.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Mysteries 2011-11-13 Edgar Allan Poe Necropolis Press (Classroom Classics) 978-1-4679-3675-0
$10.49?$: US dollar
 246
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) 2013-01-27 Edgar Allan Poe LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2014-09-15 Edgar Allan Poe Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78404-215-8
£14.99?£: UK pound
 383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke  
Nota do Tradutor, December 2016 2016-12-00 ed. Gleiton Lentz
Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital?Revista de Traducao Literaria e Biblioteca Digital
(
Revista Literária em Tradução?Revista Literaria em Traducao
#13)		     440
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 mag  
Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories 2017-08-25 Edgar Allan Poe Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-545-6
£20.00?£: UK pound
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination 2019-11-01 Edgar Allan Poe Arcturus Publishing (Arcturus Slipcased Classics #17) 978-1-78950-939-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
 383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Harry Clarke  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) G40   xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Galdone Checkmark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
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