Title: La torture par l'espérance

Title: La torture par l'espérance Title Record # 1570930
Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Date: 1883-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French

Note: Borderline speculative, in spite of the fact that it has an epigraph from "The Pit and the Pendulum;" it belongs to the class of non-speculative contes cruels (stories with nasty final twists).

Synopsis: A Jew is imprisoned and tortured by the Spanish Inquisition for his refusal to convert to Catholicism. He is subjected to the ultimate torture by being led to believe he is escaping the day before he is to be burned.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1883	English	The Torture by Hope
1891^ⓘTranslated by M. P. Shiel. Published in the Strand, June 1891.	English	A Torture by Hope
1894^ⓘTranslated by Mary J. Safford. First published in the July 1894 edition of Short Stories magazine.	English	The Torture by Hope [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1897^ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke	English	The Torture by Hope [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1909^ⓘTranslated by Mary J. Safford	English	The Torture of Hope
1915^ⓘTranslated by N. Davidescu.	Romanian	Tortura prin Speranță^?Tortura prin Speranta Tortura prin Sperantsa
1920^ⓘTranslated by Hanns Heinz Ewers	German	Die Marter der Hoffnung
1940^ⓘTranslated by Adolfo Bioy Casares and/or Jorge Luis Borges	Spanish	La esperanza [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1945^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	English	The Torture of Hope
1945	English	Torture by Hope
1946^ⓘTranslated by Mary J. Safford. First published as The Torture by Hope in July 1894.	English	Torture by Hope [as by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]
1959^ⓘTranslated by Lydia Belinfante	Dutch	De hoop als martelwerktuig [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1966^ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp	Dutch	Foltering door hoop [as by A. de Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1967^ⓘTranslated by Helene Kühn & Herbert Kühn	German	Die Marter der Hoffnung [as by Jean Marie Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]
1970^ⓘTranslated by N. O. Scarpi	German	Folter durch Hoffnung
1970^ⓘTranslated by G. Marcuson	Romanian	Tortura speranței^?Tortura sperantsei Tortura sperantei
1972^ⓘTranslated by Gretl Friedmann	German	Folter der Hoffnung
1976^ⓘTranslated by unknown.	German	Folter durch Hoffnung
1980^ⓘTranslated by Frans Blankenstein	Dutch	De foltering van de hoop [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Alexandru George.	Romanian	Tortura speranței^?Tortura sperantei
1981^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	English	The Salvationists [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1982^ⓘTranslated by unknown	Dutch	De foltering van de hoop
1988^ⓘTranslated by Надежда Рыкова / Nadezhda Rykova.	Russian	Пытка надеждой^?Pytka nadezhdoy [as by Огюст Вилье де Лиль-Адан^?Ogyust Vil'ye de Lil'-Adan Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ]
1988^ⓘTranslated by Lydia Belinfante	Dutch	De hoop als martelwerktuig
2016^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	English	The Torture of Hope [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Récits fantastiques et contes nocturnes	1965-01-00	ed. Hubert Juin	Le Livre-club du libraire	180	261	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique^?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique	1967-00-00	ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg	Planète (Anthologie Planète)		480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Christian Broutin
Anthologie de la peur: Entre chien et loup	1989-04-00	ed. Éric Jourdan	Seuil (Points #L202)	2-02-010687-6	384	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	Salvador Dali

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