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Title: Mrs. Zant and the Ghost Title Record # 1116934
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1885-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published as 'The Ghost's Touch' in The Irish Fireside, 30 September - 14 October 1885, and in Harper's Weekly, 23 October 1885.
Synopsis: "Mr Rayburn, a widower, and his young daughter, Lucy, meet Mrs Zant in Kensington Gardens while she is experiencing a vision of her dead husband. The ghost warns her against his brother, who aims to force her into an illegal marriage. Rayburn rescues Mrs Zant, hoping to marry her himself, while the supernatural force returns to strike her brother-in-law with fatal paralysis."—Wilkie Collins Information Pages
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1885 Mrs Zant and the Ghost
1885First published in The Irish Fireside, 30 September - 14 October 1885; Harper's Weekly, 23 October 1885.
The Ghost's Touch
Year Language Title
1983Translated by Ingrid Rothmann
German Mrs. Zant und ihr Geist

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Ghost's Touch 1885-00-00 Wilkie Collins John W. Lovell (Lovell's Library #683)     116
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 Ghost's Touch and Other Stories 1885-00-00 Wilkie Collins Harper & Brothers (Harper's Handy Series #30)  
$0.25?$: US dollar
200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Ghost's Touch, and Percy and the Prophet 1885-00-00 Wilkie Collins George Munro (Seaside Library Pocket Edition #613)     117
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  
Little Novels 1887-00-00 Wilkie Collins Chatto & Windus     319+
331+
303+
32
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Little Novels 1977-00-00 Wilkie Collins Dover Publications 0-486-23506-8
$3.00?$: US dollar
244
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
Mrs. Zant und ihr Geist 1983-03-00 Wilkie Collins
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Phantastische Literatur #72024)
3-404-72024-5
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
187
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 Johann Peterka Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-590-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
xi+
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins 1990-11-00 Wilkie Collins Robert Hale 0-7090-4224-8
£14.95?£: UK pound
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Helen Hale  
The Anthology of Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Tiger Books International 1-85501-503-X
£9.95?£: UK pound
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0352-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xi+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Crab  
Classic Ghost Stories 1998-00-00 ed. John Grafton Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) 0-486-40430-7
$2.00?$: US dollar
viii+
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  
Halloween 2000-11-00 ed. Stefan Bauer, Marco Schneiders
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe
#14438)
3-404-14438-4
DM 15.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
543
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 Nadja Schwendemann Checkmark
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 2002-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby MetroBooks 1-58663-736-3
$12.98?$: US dollar
xii+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ernesto Rios Lanz Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-5465-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Magpie Books 1-84119-857-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2005-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6989-3   xi+
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted Hotel & Other Strange Stories 2006-00-00 Wilkie Collins Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-533-5   xiii+
317
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  
Little Novels 2008-10-15 Wilkie Collins Project Gutenberg 1630
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 2009-07-00 Wilkie Collins Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-1-84677-825-4
£14.99?£: UK pound
568
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 Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 2009-07-00 Wilkie Collins Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) 978-1-84677-826-1
£22.99?£: UK pound
568
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2015-09-23 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-375-5
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Chilling Ghost Short Stories 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-508-1
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-020-0
$25.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-119-1
$22.85?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
654
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 Gordon Crabb  
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