Title: Véra

Title: Title Record # 1570929
Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Date: 1874-05-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French

Note: This story first appeared in La Semaine parisienne, May 7, 1874, under the title : "Véra : Histoire mystérieuse", and later collected in Contes cruels, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1883.

Synopsis: The grieving Comte d'Athol tries to evoke the presence of his dead wife Vera, and succeeds better and better over the course of a year.

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Year	Title
1874	Véra^?Vera [as by Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]
1874	Véra [as by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]

Year	Language	Title
1883	English	Véra
1904^ⓘTranslated by Hanns Heinz Ewers.	German	Vera
1963^ⓘTranslated by Robert Baldick	English	Véra
1966^ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp	Dutch	Vera [as by A. de Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1970^ⓘTranslated by G. Marcuson	Romanian	Véra
1972^ⓘTranslated by Amanda Forns de Gioia	Spanish	Vera
1978	German	Vera
1980^ⓘTranslated by Alexandru George	Romanian	Véra
1982^ⓘTranslated by Irina Mavrodin	Romanian	Vera
1984^ⓘTranslated by Wolf B. Oerter, Ingeborg Šestáková, Vladimír Varecha, and/or Anna Wirthová	German	Vera
1993^ⓘTranslated by Maria Bamberg	German	Vera
2005^ⓘTranslated by Ludovica Cirrincione d'Amelio for her anthology Il racconto fantastico francese, 2005.	Italian	Vera [as by Jean-Marie-Philippe-Auguste-Mathias de Villiers De L'Isle-Adam]
2014	English	Vera
2019^ⓘTranslated by Antonella Castello or Annarita Tranfici. (Of the translators listed for the book as a whole, on her Linked-In entry Sonia Bacchi notes that she translates from English and Russian).	Italian	Vera [as by A. Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]
2021	English	Véra [as by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Das unheimliche Buch	1914-00-00	ed. Felix Schloemp	Georg Müller^?Georg Mueller			xii+ 333	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alfred Kubin
Das unheimliche Buch	1920-00-00	ed. Felix Schloemp	Georg Müller^?Georg Mueller			331	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alfred Kubin
Perturbed Spirits: A Book of Ghost and Terror Stories	1954-00-00	ed. R. C. Bull	Arthur Barker		12/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Perturbed Spirits	1958-00-00	ed. R. C. Bull	Dragon Books	D20	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	191	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
Fantastique, soixante récits de terreur	1958-07-00	Roger Caillois	Club français du livre (Récits #25)			575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Cruel Tales	1963-00-00	Villiers de l'Isle-Adam	Oxford University Press (Oxford Library of French Classics)			xiv+ 257	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
Anthologie du conte fantastique français	1963-09-00	ed. Pierre Castex	Librairie José Corti			348	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
Foltering door hoop en andere griezelverhalen	1966-00-00	A. de Villiers de l'Isle Adam	Meulenhoff (Meesters der Fantastische Vertelkunst #3)	F3	ƒ2.50^?ƒ: Dutch guilder	154	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	Sanne Sannes
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome II : France Espagne Italie Amérique latine Haïti Pologne Russie Finlande Extrême-Orient	1966-04-16	Roger Caillois	Gallimard		F32.00^?F: French frank	612	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
Povestiri fioroase	1970-00-00	Villiers de l'Isle-Adam	Editura Univers (Zenit)			xvii+ 325	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	Done Stan
Antes y después de Drácula	1972-00-00	ed. uncredited	Rodolfo Alonso (Aventura)			428	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Sergio Camporeale
La France fantastique de Balzac à Louÿs	1973-00-00	ed. Jean-Baptiste Baronian	Marabout (Anthologie du Fantastique)			443	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
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome II : France Espagne Italie Amérique latine Haïti Pologne Russie Finlande Extrême-Orient	1977-00-00	Roger Caillois	Gallimard			612	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
Histoires de morts-vivants	1977-02-28	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1460)	2-266-00288-0		416	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	C. Broutin
Anthologie du conte fantastique français	1977-09-00	ed. Pierre Castex	Librairie José Corti			348	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
14 Vampir-Stories	1978-01-00	ed. Manfred Kluge	Heyne (Heyne-Anthologien #57)	3-453-45030-2	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	251	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
Histoires de morts-vivants	1978-02-24	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1460)	2-266-00288-0		405	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	C. Broutin
Histoires de morts-vivants	1978-07-12	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	France Loisirs (La grande anthologie du fantastique #1)	2-7242-0355-0		405	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Benjamin Baltimore
Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique: Tome I	1980-00-00	ed. uncredited	Éditions Vernoy / Éditions Famot (Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique #1)			286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Povestiri crude și insolite^?Povestiri crude si insolite	1980-00-00	Villiers de l'Isle-Adam	Editura Minerva ( Biblioteca pentru toți^?Biblioteca pentru totsi Biblioteca pentru toti #1036)			271	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	Vasile Olac
Histoires fantastiques de doubles et de miroirs	1981-10-00	ed. Anne Richter	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Histoires fantastiques)	2-7024-1258-0		227	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	Georges Raimondo
Mâna fermecată: Proză fantastică franceză, Vol. 2.^?Mana fermecata: Proza fantastica franceza, Vol. 2.	1982-00-00	ed. Irina Mavrodin	Editura Minerva ( Biblioteca pentru toți^?Biblioteca pentru totsi Biblioteca pentru toti #1110)		Lei 8^?Lei: Romanian leu	297	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	Domó István
Geschichten des Grauens	1984-00-00	ed. Aleš Haman, Irena Zítková	Naumann & Göbel			208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jan Dungel
Cruel Tales	1985-12-00	Villiers de l'Isle-Adam	Oxford University Press (The World's Classics)	0-19-281696-9		xxii+ 288	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	Édouard Manet^?Edouard Manet
Ghost Stories	1987-06-00	ed. Aleš Haman, Irena Zítková	Exeter Books	0-671-08750-9		209	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Jan Dungel
Histoires de morts-vivants	1988-06-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - La grande anthologie du fantastique #1460)	2-266-00288-0		405	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	Rogier van der Weyden
Das vierte Buch des Horrors	1993-00-00	ed. Joachim Körber^?Joachim Koerber	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8304)	3-453-06129-2	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	303	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	Oliviero Berni
Demons of the Night: Tales of the Fantastic, Madness, and the Supernatural from Nineteenth-Century France	1995-04-00	ed. Joan C. Kessler	University of Chicago Press	0-226-43208-4	$14.95^?$: US dollar	li+ 347	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	Tony Johannot
Demons of the Night: Tales of the Fantastic, Madness, and the Supernatural from Nineteenth-Century France	1995-04-00	ed. Joan C. Kessler	University of Chicago Press	0-226-43207-6	$45.00^?$: US dollar	347	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
La dimension fantastique	1996-12-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-277-30150-7	F10.00^?F: French frank	155	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	J. K. Potter
La grande anthologie du fantastique: 3	1997-02-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati	Omnibus (France) (La grande anthologie du fantastique (Omnibus) #3)	2-258-03654-2	F155.00^?F: French frank	1349	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	Arnold Böcklin^?Arnold Boecklin
Sortilèges	2001-05-00	ed. Natacha Giordano	Éditions de l'Oxymore	2-913939-06-6	€10.52^?€: Euro	160	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	Ruby
Contes cruels	2001-09-19	Villiers de l'Isle-Adam	Presses Pocket (Pocket Classiques #6135)	2-266-04909-7		411	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	M. Allandrieu
Histoires démoniaques et luxurieuses	2002-01-00	ed. Jean-Paul Bouchon, Claude Deméocq	Terre de Brume (Terres Fantastiques)	2-84362-127-5	€18.00^?€: Euro	182	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	Gustave Adolf Mossa
Naissance du fantôme	2002-10-00	ed. Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond	La Bibliothèque (Les Billets de la Bibliothèque)	2-909688-27-5		199	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
La dimension fantastique	2003-01-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-290-31418-8		155	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	J. K. Potter
Anthologie du conte fantastique français	2004-01-02	ed. Pierre Castex	Librairie José Corti (Les Massicotés)			375	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
Il racconto fantastico francese	2005-08-00	ed. Ludovica Cirrincione d'Amelio	Marsilio (Grandi Classici Tascabili)	88-317-8662-8	€9.00^?€: Euro	336	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
La dimension fantastique - 1	2005-12-00	ed. Barbara Sadoul	Librio (Librio #150)	2-290-33532-0	€2.00^?€: Euro	155	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	J. K. Potter
Petit musée des horreurs: Nouvelles fantastiques, cruelles et macabres	2008-08-00	ed. Nathalie Prince	Robert Laffont (Bouquins)	978-2-221-11014-0	€30.00^?€: Euro	xxvii+ 1104	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	Steve Beck
The Third Macabre Megapack	2014-04-07	ed. uncredited	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0858-0	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Finché morte non vi separi	2019-07-17	ed. uncredited	ABEditore (Piccoli Mondi #12)	978-88-6551-318-7	€6.90^?€: Euro	136	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
December Tales	2021-09-28	ed. J. D. Horn	Curious Blue Press	978-1-7366207-1-7	$19.95^?$: US dollar	468	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
December Tales	2021-09-28	ed. J. D. Horn	Curious Blue Press		$5.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Les chefs-d'œuvre de l'épouvante^?Les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'épouvante	date unknown	ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg	Planète (Anthologie Planète)			472	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Gourmelin

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Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

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