Title: A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705

Title: A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705 Title Record # 1032764
Author: Daniel Defoe
Date: 1706-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English

Note:

"one of the earliest fictional Ghost Stories – though apparently based on a true incident" --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biog. entry by Mike Ashley
"in fact more reportage of a claimed sighting than an actual ghost story" --SFE3, biog. entry by John Clute and Peter Nicholls

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Year	Title
1706	A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, the Next Day After Her Death: to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705 [as by uncredited]
1889	A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal, the Next Day After Her Death, to Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury the Eighth of September 1705
1918	A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal
1919	The Apparition of Mrs. Veal
1924	Mrs. Veal
1946	True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal
1987	True Revelation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal
2004	A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705 [as by D. Defoe]
2006	A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal ...
2007	A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal
2008	The Apparition of Mrs Veal

Year	Language	Title
1936^ⓘTranslated by Georgette Camille, first published in the anthology Histoires de fantômes anglais, May 1936.	French	Mrs Veal
1958^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand.	Spanish	La aparición de la señora Veal
1963^ⓘTranslated by Rafael Llopis	Spanish	La aparición de Mrs. Veal
1981^ⓘTranslated by Mihai Rădulescu.	Romanian	Apariția Doamnei Veal^?Aparitia Doamnei Veal
1989^ⓘTranslated by Alda Carrer	Italian	L'apparizione della signora Veal
2019^ⓘTranslated by unknown.	Italian	L'apparitzione della signora Veal

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, the Next Day After Her Death: to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September 1705	1706-00-00	uncredited	Benj. Bragg			9	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
The Earlier Life and the Chief Earlier Works of Daniel Defoe	1889-00-00	Daniel Defoe	George Routledge & Sons (The Carisbrooke Library #3)			iv+ 446	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors	1910-09-00	ed. Adam L. Gowans	Gowans & Gray (Gowans's New Sixpenny Series #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).	128	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors	1912-06-00	ed. Adam L. Gowans	Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library)		1/-^?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).	225	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories	1918-07-00	ed. J. Walker McSpadden	Thomas Y. Crowell (The "Mystery" Library)		$1.25^?$: US dollar	x+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best Ghost Stories	1919-00-00	ed. uncredited	Boni & Liveright (The Modern Library (Boni & Liveright))			xii+ 217	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors	1919-01-00	ed. Adam L. Gowans	Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library #2)		2/-^?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).	225	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories by English Authors	1920-10-00	ed. Adam L. Gowans	Gowans & Gray (Gowans's Cosmopolitan Library #2)			225	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Five Great Ghost Stories	1922-00-00	ed. E. Haldeman-Julius	Haldeman-Julius (Ten Cent Pocket Series #145)		$0.10^?$: US dollar	127	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.	anth
Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood	1924-10-00	ed. V. H. Collins	Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #284)		2/-^?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).	xvi+ 506	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Weird Tales, December 1926	1926-12-00	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Popular Fiction Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	148	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Joseph Doolin
26 Mystery Stories, Old and New, by Twenty and Six Authors	1927-00-00	ed. C. A. Dawson-Scott, Ernest Rhys	D. Appleton & Company		$2.50^?$: US dollar	310	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Tales of Mystery: Startling Stories of the Supernatural	1927-00-00	ed. Ernest Rhys, C. A. Dawson Scott	Hutchinson		7/6^?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+ 287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Creepy Stories	1934-00-00	ed. uncredited	Hutchinson		3/6^?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).	xi+ 1178	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Mystery Book	1934-00-00	ed. H. Douglas Thomson	Odhams Press			1086	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Century of Thrillers: Second Series	1935-00-00	ed. uncredited	Daily Express Publications			896	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Histoires de fantômes anglais	1936-05-00	ed. Edmond Jaloux	Gallimard (La renaissance de la nouvelle)		F15.00^?F: French frank	290	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.	anth
Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories	1938-02-00	J. Walker McSpadden	Blue Ribbon Books		$0.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 305+ x+ 302	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts	1945-00-00	Daniel Defoe	Penguin Books (US)	554	$0.25^?$: US dollar	vii+ 247	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
Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror, and Fantasy	1946-00-00	ed. Joseph A. Margolies	Whittlesey House		$3.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 762	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	George Salter
Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror	1958-00-00	ed. Juan José López Ibor	Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor)			xxxi+ 1319+ [5]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Supernatural in the English Short Story	1959-01-00	ed. Pamela Search	Bernard Hanison		21/-^?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).	480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Histoires de fantômes anglais: suivies de: Nouvelles histoires de fantômes anglais	1962-11-00	Edmond Jaloux	Gallimard (Les classiques anglais)			351	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.	omni
Cuentos de terror	1963-00-00	ed. Rafael Llopis	Taurus			604	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Ghosts! An Anthology of Spectral Stories	1971-00-00	ed. Alan C. Jenkins	Blackie	0-216-88411-X	£1.25^?£: UK pound	383	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
L'Angleterre fantastique de Defoe à Wells	1974-00-00	ed. Jacques Van Herp	Marabout (Anthologie du Fantastique)			426	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.	anth
Supernatural Tales 1	1974-00-00	ed. Gary Grant	Quartet Books	0-7043-1136-4	£0.20^?£: UK pound	62	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.	anth
Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others	1975-02-00	ed. uncredited	Dover Publications	0-486-20735-8	$3.50^?$: US dollar	vi+ 330	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.	anth
Famous Ghost Stories	1980-00-00	ed. uncredited	Watermill Press (Watermill Classic)	0-89375-406-4	$1.50^?$: US dollar	134	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.	anth
Necunoscutul: antologie din literatura anglo-saxonă^?Necunoscutul: antologie din literatura angle-saxona	1981-00-00	ed. uncredited	Editura Junimea (Fantomas #37)			352	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.	anth	Dumitru Verdeș^?Dumitru Verdes
The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry	1981-06-00	ed. Nora Crow Jaffe, Patricia L. Skarda	NAL Meridian	0-452-00636-8	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xxix+ 479	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.	anth
Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense	1987-06-00	ed. Simon Petherick	Robert Hale	0-7090-2933-0	£9.95^?£: UK pound	252	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alessandro Lentati
Horror Story 2	1989-06-00	ed. uncredited	Garden Editoriale (Horror Story #2)		Lit 7,000^?Lit: Italian lira	286	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.	anth	Jüce
Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection	1994-00-00	ed. uncredited	Bracken Books	1-85891-136-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	[vi]+ 614	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Image Colour Library
Thrillers: A Classic Collection	1994-10-00	ed. uncredited	Bracken Books	1-85891-159-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	[iv]+ 612	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Images Colour Library
Great Short Stories: Fiction from the Masters of World Literature	1995-00-00	ed. Charles Neider	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0268-0	$16.95^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 553	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.	anth
Thrillers: A Classic Collection	1996-00-00	ed. uncredited	Leopard	1-85891-316-0		[iv]+ 612	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.	anth	Images Colour Library
Ghost Stories	1996-11-00	ed. Giles Gordon	Bloomsbury	0-7475-2914-0	£10.95^?£: UK pound	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jeff Fisher (artist)
Famous Ghost Stories	2004-08-30	ed. J. Walker McSpadden	Fredonia Books	1-4101-0687-X	$15.99^?$: US dollar	316	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.	anth
The Best Ghost Stories	2006-03-01	ed. uncredited	Project Gutenberg	17893	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Classic Tales of Horror	2006-04-10	ed. Adele Hartley	Bloody Books	0-9549476-8-1	£9.99^?£: UK pound	251	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.	anth
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition	2006-05-00	ed. Chad Arment	Coachwhip Publications	1-930585-26-8	$19.95^?$: US dollar	503	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.	anth	Simon Taylor
Ghost Story Collection 4	2007-12-03	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth	Kathryn Delaney
Serendipity, Issue 11, August 2008	2008-08-00	ed. Neil Ayres			$0.00^?$: US dollar		webzine^?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".	mag
The Best Ghost Stories	2012-12-11	ed. uncredited	CreateSpace	978-1-4812-2586-1	$8.95^?$: US dollar	312	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.	anth
The Best Ghost Stories	2014-07-00	ed. uncredited	Liongate Press	123000250706	$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Best Ghost Stories	2014-07-29	ed. uncredited	Didactic Press	978-1-5151-0190-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
100 Great Short Stories	2015-02-23	ed. James Daley	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-80328-9	$10.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
100 Great Short Stories	2015-03-18	ed. James Daley	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-79021-3		768	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.	anth
The Best Ghost Stories	2015-07-17	ed. uncredited	CreateSpace	978-1-5151-0190-1	$10.99^?$: US dollar	274	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.	anth
Future Past and Other Premonitions	2018-11-17	ed. Edouard d'Araille	Living Time	978-1-906904-16-6	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Providence Tales, #4 - Primavera 2019	2019-00-00	ed. Gianfranco Calvitti, Giacomo Ortolani	Providence Press		€14.90^?€: Euro	156	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Elisa Poggese
Weird Tales	2019-00-00	ed. uncredited	Pulp Classics on DVD				other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	anth	Margaret Brundage
Weird Tales, December 1926	date unknown	ed. Farnsworth Wright	Girasol Collectables		$35.00^?$: US dollar	144	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.	anth	Joseph Doolin

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Reviews

Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction