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Title: The Monster Title Record # 96014
Author: Stephen Crane
Date: 1898-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: First published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, August 1898. Listed in Ashley & Contento's The Supernatural Index although it is non-supernatural. It is also listed in Contento1.
Synopsis: "An African-American coachman named Henry Johnson, who is employed by the town's physician, Dr. Trescott, becomes horribly disfigured after he saves Trescott's son from a fire. When Henry is branded a 'monster' by the town's residents, Trescott vows to shelter and care for him, resulting in his family's exclusion from the community." -- Wikipedia
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Monster and Other Stories 1899-00-00 Stephen Crane Harper & Brothers     v+
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Selected Prose and Poetry 1950-00-00 Stephen Crane Rinehart (Rinehart Editions #47)     230
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 Checkmark
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  
American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 1999-00-00 ed. Charles L. Crow Blackwell Publishers (Blackwell Anthologies) 0-631-20652-3   ix+
481
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 Ralph Blakelock  
American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 1999-00-00 ed. Charles L. Crow Blackwell Publishers (Blackwell Anthologies) 0-631-20651-5   ix+
481
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ralph Blakelock  
American Gothic Short Stories 2019-07-29 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-295-1
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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