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Title: The Erlking Title Record # 78552
Author: Angela Carter
Date: 1977-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Bananas, #9, Winter 1977. Revised in 1979 for The Bloody Chamber. All reprints are of the revised version.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1987 The Erl-King
Year Language Title
1982Translated by Sybil Gräfin Schönfeldt
German Der Erlkönig
1985Translated by Nicky de Swaan
Dutch De Elfenkoning
1991Translated by Matilde Horne.
Spanish El rey Elfo
1991Translated by Maria Adélia Silva Melo
Portuguese O rei dos Álamos

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 1979-05-24 Angela Carter Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy) 0-575-02584-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
157
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Malcolm Ashman  
The Bloody Chamber 1980-02-00 Angela Carter Harper & Row 0-06-010708-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
164
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Christine Bassery Checkmark
The Bloody Chamber 1981-00-00 Angela Carter Harper Colophon  
$3.95?$: 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.
coll  
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 1981-00-00 Angela Carter Penguin Books (King Penguin) 0-14-005404-9   125
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 James Marsh Checkmark
Faery! 1985-01-00 ed. Terri Windling Ace Books 0-441-22564-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
308
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 Dawn Wilson Checkmark
The Bloody Chamber 1987-00-00 Angela Carter Penguin Books (King Penguin) 0-14-005404-9
£3.50?£: UK pound
126
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 James Marsh  
The Bloody Chamber 1987-12-00 Angela Carter Penguin Books (US) (King Penguin) 0-14-005404-9
$5.95?$: US dollar
126
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 James Marsh  
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 1989-08-00 Angela Carter Gollancz 0-575-02584-0
£12.95?£: UK pound
157
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-02-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-214216-X
£17.95?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pete Lyon  
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1994-03-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press, USA 0-19-214216-X
$25.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
499
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Pete Lyon Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
499
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 Pete Lyon Checkmark
Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories 1995-07-00 Angela Carter Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6321-6
£20.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
462
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Angela Carter  
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 1995-07-00 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) 0-09-958811-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
125
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 Dominic Davies  
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories 1996-04-00 Angela Carter Henry Holt 0-8050-4462-0
$30.00?$: US dollar
462
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll John Westmark  
Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories 1996-07-00 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 0-09-959291-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
462
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 Parra  
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories 1997-08-00 Angela Carter Penguin Books (US) 0-14-025528-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
462
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 Roxanna Bikadoroff Checkmark
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
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 Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 2003-04-17 ed. Tom Shippey Oxford University Press 0-19-280382-4
£9.99?£: UK pound
xxii+
499
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 Checkmark
The Bloody Chamber 2007-00-00 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-0-09-951109-0   149
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 Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 2012-00-00 Angela Carter The Folio Society     168
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Igor Karash  
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 2012-02-02 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-0-09-958811-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xix+
149
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 Dominic Davies  
The Bloody Chamber 2014-10-02 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Magic) 978-0-09-959388-1
£5.99?£: UK pound
176
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  
The Bloody Chamber 2015-05-26 Angela Carter Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) 978-0-14-310761-3
$16.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
162
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 Alex Konahin  
The Bloody Chamber 2015-05-26 Angela Carter Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) 978-0-14-310761-3
$17.00?$: US dollar
 
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 Alex Konahin  
The Bloody Chamber 2016-09-15 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-1-78487-143-7
£12.99?£: UK pound
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Bloody Chamber 2018-03-15 Angela Carter Audible Studios      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy 2020-07-21 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-56386-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
xviii+
876
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 Leonora Carrington Checkmark
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy 2020-07-21 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-56387-7
$12.99?$: US dollar
896
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Leonora Carrington Checkmark
Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae 2021-11-11 ed. Elizabeth Dearnley The British Library 978-0-7123-5430-1   336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mauricio Villamayor , Mag Ruhig Checkmark
The Bloody Chamber 2023-10-05 Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Quarterbound Classics) 978-1-78487-868-9
£16.99?£: UK pound
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Burning Your Boats: Collected Stories date unknown Angela Carter Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 0-09-959291-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
xvi+
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.
coll Parra Checkmark
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