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Title: The Face Title Record # 742433
Author: E. F. Benson
Date: 1924-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A woman has a persistent nightmare of a man saying he is coming for her.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2017 The Face [as by Edward Frederic Benson]
Year Language Title
1956Translated by Peter Naujack
German Das Gesicht [as by Edward Frederic Benson]
1978Translated by Jacques Finné
French Le visage
1978Translated by Jean Marigny for his anthology Histoires anglo-saxonnes de vampires, 1978.
French Le visage
2019Translated by Diego Bertelli.
Italian Il volto

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Hutchinson's Magazine, February 1924 1924-02-00 ed. Editors of Hutchinson's Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Spook Stories 1928-00-00 E. F. Benson 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).
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Spook Stories 1929-00-00 E. F. Benson Tauchnitz (Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors #4868)  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Spook Stories 1934-00-00 E. F. Benson Hutchinson  
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).
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Best Ghost Stories 1945-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber  
9/6?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).
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Wolpe  
Best Ghost Stories 1957-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber  
15/-?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).
360
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Wolpe Checkmark
Best Ghost Stories 1960-00-00 ed. Anne Ridler Faber and Faber (Faber Paper Covered Editions)  
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).
360
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  
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural 1968-00-00 ed. Henry Mazzeo Doubleday 0-385-09373-X
$4.50?$: US dollar
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ted Gorey Checkmark
The Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson 1974-00-00 E. F. Benson Panther 0-586-04096-X
£0.40?£: UK pound
205
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 Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Spook Stories 1976-12-00 E. F. Benson Arno Press (Supernatural and Occult Fiction) 0-405-08112-X
$16.00?$: US dollar
286
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
La chambre dans la tour 1978-00-00 E. F. Benson
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(
Le Masque - Fantastique (2ème série)?Le Masque - Fantastique (2eme serie)
#7)
2-7024-0728-5   249
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 Tibor Csernus Checkmark
Histoires anglo-saxonnes de vampires 1978-04-00 ed. Jean Marigny
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Histoires fantastiques)
2-7024-0743-9   324
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 Georges Raimondo  
More Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts 1981-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Franklin Watts 0-531-04352-5
$8.90?$: US dollar
x+
130
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Tale of an Empty House and Other Ghost Stories 1986-11-14 E. F. Benson Black Swan 0-552-99222-4
£3.95?£: UK pound
xi+
232
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 Julek Heller Checkmark
The Man in Black: Macabre Stories from Fear on Four 1990-12-00 ed. uncredited BBC Books 0-563-20904-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
413
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 Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1992-11-00 E. F. Benson Robinson 1-85487-110-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
xvii+
624
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
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1992-12-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 0-88184-857-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
624
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  
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1996-00-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0365-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
xvii+
624
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 Kathleen M. Lynch , Barnaby Hall Checkmark
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 1996-11-00 E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf 1-85487-110-2
$12.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
624
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  
12 Tales of the Supernatural 1997-10-00 ed. Michael Cox Oxford University Press (Oxford Twelve) 0-19-288027-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
ix+
189
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 Face 2003-04-30 E. F. Benson Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-052-2
C$59.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxii+
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Douglas Walters  
Das Haus hinter Mitternacht 2008-11-00 ed. Wolfgang Spreckelsen Fischer / Fischer Taschenbuch (Die Bücher mit dem blauen Band) 978-3-596-85341-0
€17.90?€: Euro
281
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Isabel Klett Checkmark
The Face 2012-03-22 E. F. Benson Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-232-8
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Douglas Walters  
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson 2012-06-05 E. F. Benson Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-685-0
£2.99?£: UK pound
xi+
705
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 Nathan Clair  
Collected Works of E. F. Benson 2012-09-15 E. F. Benson Benediction Classics 978-1-78139-290-4
$49.99?$: US dollar
994
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
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  
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  
La biblioteca di Lovecraft 2019-09-21 ed. Jacopo Corazza, Gianluca Venditti Edizioni Arcoiris (La biblioteca di Lovecraft #1) 978-88-99877-38-5
€10.00?€: Euro
136
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 Outcast and Other Dark Tales 2020-03-19 E. F. Benson The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5386-1
£8.99?£: UK pound
284
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
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
Checkmark
The Outcast and Other Dark Tales 2020-03-19 E. F. Benson The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-6755-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll
Sandra Gómez?Sandra Gomez
 
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories 2021-04-13 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-481-8
£20.00?£: UK pound
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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