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Title: The Mortal Immortal Title Record # 71385
Author: Mary Shelley
Date: 1833-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org, romantic-circles.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published late 1833 in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXIV (The Keepsake), pp. 71-87, as "The Mortal Immortal: A Tale", as "by the Author of Frankenstein." (viewed at Google Books) "Print history of 'The Mortal Immortal' " (Romantic-Circles.org) provides a hypertext edition and much more.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1833 The Mortal Immortal: A Tale [as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
1891 The Mortal Immortal [as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
1976 The Mortal Immortal: A Tale
Year Language Title
unknownTranslated by Thorstein Thelle
Norwegian (Bokmal)
Den dødelige udødelige?Den dodelige udodelige
1976Translated by Gian Paolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli as by G. P. Cossato and S. Sandrelli
Italian Il mortale immortale
1983 German Der sterbliche Unsterbliche [as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
2021Translated by Artur Nowakowski
Polish
Śmiertelny Nieśmiertelny?Smiertelny Niesmiertelny
2022Translated by Gustavo Terranova
Portuguese O mortal imortal

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Mortal Immortal 1910-00-00 Mary Shelley Mossant, Vallon     [28]
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More Tales of Terror and Surprise 1943-06-00 ed. uncredited Mitre Press  
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).
127
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  
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1966-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Four Square Books 1634
5/-?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).
320
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 Josh Kirby  
Masterpieces of Science Fiction 1967-02-01 ed. Sam Moskowitz World Publishing Co.  
$6.50?$: US dollar
552
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1972-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Pinnacle Books P138Z
$1.25?$: US dollar
380
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 Checkmark
Beyond the Curtain of Dark 1972-11-00 ed. Peter Haining New English Library 0-450-01297-2
£0.40?£: UK pound
320
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Masterpieces of Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction) 0-88355-127-6   x+
552
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Masterpieces of Science Fiction 1974-00-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Hyperion Press 0-88355-156-X
$4.95?$: US dollar
x+
552
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  
Masters of the Macabre 1975-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-03270-6
$6.95?$: US dollar
330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Cayea Checkmark
Masters of the Macabre 1975-00-00 ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley Doubleday 0-385-00883-X   330
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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  
Tales of a Monster Hunter 1977-10-00 ed. Peter Cushing, Peter Haining Arthur Barker 0-213-16628-3
£4.25?£: UK pound
ix+
208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Colleen Payne Checkmark
Tales of a Monster Hunter 1978-00-00 ed. Peter Cushing, Peter Haining Futura 0-7088-1332-1
£0.75?£: UK pound
vi+
208
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  
Science Fiction: Creators and Pioneers 1979-00-00 ed. Arthur Liebman Richards Rosen Press 0-8239-0493-8   x+
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strange Stories of the Supernatural 1980-00-00 ed. uncredited Watermill Press (Watermill Classic) 0-89375-403-X
$1.50?$: US dollar
135
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 Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1981-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Beaufort Books 0-8253-0038-X
$15.95?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1983-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Gollancz 0-575-03305-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century 1991-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Knightsbridge 1-56129-086-6
$4.95?$: US dollar
316
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 George Roux Checkmark
Peter Cushing's Monster Movies 1994-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Robert Hale 0-7090-5455-6   208
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  
Strange Stories of the Supernatural 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Watermill Press (Watermill Classic) 0-89375-403-X
$2.95?$: US dollar
135
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  
The SF Collection 1994-08-00 ed. Edel Brosnan Chancellor Press 1-85152-317-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
501
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Luis Royo Checkmark
The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature 2001-02-00 ed. David Sandner, Jacob Weisman North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. 1-58394-030-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
747
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michael Dashow  
Vampires: The Immortal Damned 2007-04-24 ed. uncredited Viking Australia 0-670-02972-6
£13.82?£: UK pound
132
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two 2007-09-00 ed. Jonathan Wooding Bloody Books 1-905636-11-3
£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 Rebecca Welby Checkmark
Horror Masters Vol. 8 2010-01-15 ed. Sons of Horror River Styx Publishing 978-1-61704-044-3
$11.87?$: US dollar
164
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 Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 2010-02-04 Mary Shelley Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-0-85706-057-0
£13.99?£: UK pound
483
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 Michael Conrad Hirt  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 2010-02-04 Mary Shelley Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-0-85706-058-7
£21.99?£: UK pound
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Michael Conrad Hirt  
The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women 2010-08-01 ed. Mike Ashley Peter Owen 978-0-7206-1354-4
£9.99?£: UK pound
252
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 J. H. Bacon Checkmark
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14 2011-09-01 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  
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics 2012-00-00 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-2507-0   xi+
417
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jason Chow Checkmark
The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature 2013-08-15 ed. David Sandner, Jacob Weisman Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-096-4
$19.95?$: US dollar
x+
706
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 Thomas Canty  
The Short Stories Of Mary Shelley 2013-08-28 Mary Shelley Miniature Masterpieces 978-1-78000-565-2
$6.49?$: US dollar
38
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  
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing 978-1-5076-3774-6
$12.99?$: US dollar
390
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 Ben Baldwin  
Dreamscapes Into Darkness 2015-04-24 ed. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing  
$5.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ben Baldwin  
Chilling Horror 2015-08-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-374-8
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Classic Tales of Horror 2016-09-15 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78428-244-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Chilling Horror 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-509-8
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Classic Tales of Horror 2017-10-03 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78888-064-0
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2017-11-30 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78888-263-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 2018-01-14 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 2018-01-29 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-03-15 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-401-1   928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-05-01 ed. uncredited Sirius / Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-538-4
$19.99?$: US dollar
928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley 2018-09-20 Mary Shelley Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror #5) 978-1-61498-431-3
$20.00?$: US dollar
282
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 Aeron Alfrey  
Horror Stories 2018-12-15 ed. Mary Shelley (in error) Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-807-5
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Horror Stories 2018-12-15 ed. Mary Shelley (in error) Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-256-2
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Classic Science Fiction Stories 2022-05-12 ed. Adam Roberts Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323) 978-1-5290-6908-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ed Emshwiller  
Classic Science Fiction Stories 2022-05-12 ed. Adam Roberts Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library #323) 978-1-5290-6907-5
£10.99?£: UK pound
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392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ed Emshwiller Checkmark
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