Title: Saint Katy the Virgin
Title Record # 96722
Author: John Steinbeck
Date: 1936-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: John Steinbeck
Date: 1936-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: "Saint Katy the Virgin" was originally published in a limited edition of only 199 copies by The Golden Eagle Press for Pascal Covici's Covici-Friede publishing firm in 1936 and was ironically offered as a Christmas gift for friends of the publisher; later the tale was included as one of the stories in The Long Valley in 1938. -- The Literary Encyclopedia
Synopsis: [T]ells the story of a large pig named Katy, who is said to be among the most evil of all pigs to the point that people even suspect she is possessed by the devil or a like minded demon due to the sow's cruel ways. As the story progresses, however, some local monks come by the farm where Katy had been living, and the local farmer offers Katy to them as an apparent gesture of good will. The monks quickly see, however, that Katy is evil and that the farmer did not intend for anything good to happen to them in the presence of this monstrous hog. Fortunately the clergy men are able to convert Katy to Catholicism and she resolves to abandon her wicked ways for a life of virtue. In time, despite having previously given birth and attempted murder, Katy is regarded by the monks of her monastery as a Virgin and even as a Saint, and the remainder of the story follows her adventures therein. -- from a review
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Long Valley | 1938-09-00 | John Steinbeck | The Viking Press | $2.50?$: US dollar |
303 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Elmer Hader | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1952-09-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | A944 | $0.35?$: US dollar |
306 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1961-12-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | H2343 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 258 |
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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1962-01-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 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 | |||||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1967-03-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | H3358 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 258 |
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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1968-01-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 258 | 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 | ||||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1968-09-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 258 | 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 | ||||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1968-11-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 258 | 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 | ||||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1970-08-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | S5372 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1972-08-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Pathfinder | NP8162 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1974-00-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | N8162 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1976-09-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 0-553-10249-4 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | 1977-08-00 | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Books | 0-553-10249-4 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Angels and Awakenings | 1980-00-00 | ed. M. Cameron Grey | Doubleday | 0-385-15311-2 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fra Angelico | |
Nobel Dreams | 1993-00-00 | ed. Marie Smith | Xanadu | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
anth | |||||
Angels and Awakenings | 1994-11-00 | ed. M. Cameron Grey | Doubleday | 0-385-15311-2 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
xxii+ 403 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fra Angelico | |
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Winter 2013 | 2013-00-00 | ed. Editors of McSweeney's | McSweeney's Books | 978-1-938073-63-2 | 200 | 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. |
mag | |||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | date unknown | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5372 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | date unknown | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Pathfinder | NP8162 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 | ||
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | date unknown | ed. Ray Bradbury | Bantam Pathfinder | SP5372 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
258 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction