Title: The House of the Dead Hand
Title Record # 1145756
Author: Edith Wharton
Date: 1904-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Edith Wharton
Date: 1904-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: A psychological horror story, with no more than slight hints of the fantastic to it. First published in Atlantic Monthly, August 1904.
Synopsis: Wyant, a visitor in Italy, wishes to view the Leonardo in the house of a possessive and obsessive doctor who used his daughter's inheritance to buy it. "The girl seems to hate the painting even though she knows a lot about it. Later, Wyant learns that as long as the doctor has his claws on that painting, the girl cannot marry the man she loves." (Chrisbookarama)
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters of the Macabre | 1975-00-00 | ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley | Doubleday | 0-385-03270-6 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
330 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Cayea |  |
| Masters of the Macabre | 1975-00-00 | ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley | Doubleday | 0-385-00883-X | 330 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume 1 | 1995-07-01 | Edith Wharton | Project Gutenberg | 295 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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