Title: Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
Title Record # 1116934
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1885-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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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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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Little Novels | 1887-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Chatto & Windus |
319+ 331+ 303+ 32 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | 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 |
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-826-1 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
568 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 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. |
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| 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction