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Title: Le désir d'être un homme

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Title: Le désir d'être un homme Title Record # 1570931
Author: Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Date: 1882-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1883First appeared in Contes Cruels, 1883.
English The Desire to Be a Man
1927From Sardonic Tales. Translated by Hamish Miles.
English The Desire to Be a Man [as by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]
1927Translated by Hamish Miles
English The Desire to Be a Man [as by Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1963Translated by Robert Baldick
English The Desire to Be a Man
1966Translated by Jean A. Schalekamp
Dutch Het verlangen een mens te zijn [as by A. de Villiers de l'Isle Adam]
1970Translated by G. Marcuson
Romanian
Dorința de a fi un Om?Dorintsa de a fi un Om
Dorinta de a fi un Om
1980Translated by Alexandru George
Romanian
Dorința de a fi om?Dorinta de a fi om

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Shocking Tales 1946-00-00 ed. Robert K. Brunner Current Books / A. A. Wyn  
$2.95?$: US dollar
viii+
323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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  
A Chamber of Horrors 1965-00-00 ed. John Hadfield Little, Brown  
$7.95?$: US dollar
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
A Chamber of Horrors 1965-00-00 ed. John Hadfield Studio Vista  
28/-?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).
320
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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 Checkmark
A Chamber of Horrors 1967-00-00 ed. John Hadfield Fontana 1484
5/6?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).
285
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  
A Chamber of Horrors 1967-00-00 ed. John Hadfield Fontana  
5/-?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).
285
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  
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  
A Harvest of Horrors 1980-00-00 ed. Eric Protter Vanguard Press / BOMC 0-8149-0755-5   vi+
244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hank Blaustein Checkmark
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  
A Harvest of Horrors 1980-05-00 ed. Eric Protter Vanguard Press 0-8149-0755-5
$12.50?$: US dollar
vi+
244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Hank Blaustein  
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  
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Xanadu 0-947761-44-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking 0-670-82393-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Book of Fantasy 1989-06-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking / QPBC  
$9.95?$: US dollar
384
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  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-08-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Black Swan 0-552-99401-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
523
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 Stephen Player  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-09-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Carroll & Graf 0-88184-656-2
$10.95?$: US dollar
384
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  
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 Checkmark
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