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Title: Seaton's Aunt Title Record # 43739
Author: Walter de la Mare
Date: 1922-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: Gutenberg
Language: English
Note:
  • First published in The London Mercury, April 1922.
  • First book publication appears to be "The Riddle", Selwyn and Blount, 1923.
  • Revised when reprinted in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare (1942); this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.
  • Mistakenly listed as "Season's Aunt" on the copyright page of The Dark Descent, 1987
  • The Project Gutenberg version (From The London Mercury, 1922) of 2005 is 11,736 words.
  • Some publications may have abridged versions.
Synopsis: The narrator Withers, as a boy, spends a holiday at the house of the aunt of his schoolmate Seaton. Seaton is convinced she listens to his thoughts and won't let him properly live. Over the course of years Withers observes that Seaton's aunt does have a malefic effect on him, though its exact nature remains ambiguous.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1977 French La tante de Seaton
1994Translated by Sari Kallioinen and Anita Puumalainen
Finnish Seatonin täti
2022Translated by Elena Furlan.
Italian La zia di Seaton

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 1922-00-00 ed. John Cournos, Edward J. O'Brien Small, Maynard & Co.      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Riddle and Other Stories 1923-05-00 Walter de la Mare Selwyn & Blount  
7/6?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).
303+
ii
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1928-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1929-04-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Payson & Clarke  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-05-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1932-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-12-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Omnibus of Crime 1937-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Garden City Publishing Co.     1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror 1939-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
619
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories 1941-08-00 ed. Lee Wright Pocket Books (Pocket Book of Mystery Stories #117)     viii+
439
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  
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare 1942-00-00 Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber     171
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Night Side 1947-00-00 ed. August Derleth Rinehart  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lee Brown Coye Checkmark
Tales of the Supernatural 1947-08-00 ed. uncredited Pan Books 22
2/-?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).
183
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 Ronald Searle  
The Collected Tales of Walter de la Mare 1950-00-00 Walter de la Mare Alfred A. Knopf  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xxi+
467
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Supernatural 1951-00-00 ed. uncredited Pan Books 22
2/-?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).
183
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 Carl Wilton  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
3/6?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).
256
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  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1964-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
3/6?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).
256
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 Giorgio de Gaspari  
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1971-06-00 ed. Robert Aickman Beagle Boxer 95094
$0.95?$: US dollar
256
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 Checkmark
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1972-12-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 1055
£0.25?£: UK pound
256
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 Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature 1983-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature 1984-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
xix+
967
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 George Tooker Checkmark
Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories 1985-12-17 ed. Lincoln Child St. Martin's Press 0-312-18233-3
$15.95?$: US dollar
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Janet Tingey Checkmark
The Dark Descent 1987-10-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-93035-6
$29.95?$: US dollar
1011
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Doug Fornuff Checkmark
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  
The Dark Descent 1988-08-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor / BOMC  
$12.95?$: US dollar
1011
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 Doug Fornuff Checkmark
Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by 20th Century Masters 1989-09-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-88184-517-5
$18.95?$: US dollar
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom McKeveny  
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1990-11-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-077-7
£13.95?£: UK pound
373
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stanley Spencer  
A Fabulous Formless Darkness 1991-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell HarperCollins (UK) 0-246-13753-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
422
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 Colin Thomas  
A Fabulous Formless Darkness 1991-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell HarperCollins (UK) 0-246-13752-5
£14.99?£: UK pound
422
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Colin Thomas  
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1991-11-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-88184-780-1
$10.95?$: US dollar
373
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 Stanley Spencer Checkmark
A Fabulous Formless Darkness 1992-00-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Grafton 0-586-21378-3
£4.99?£: UK pound
704
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 Colin Thomas Checkmark
A Fabulous Formless Darkness 1992-01-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-50967-6
$4.99?$: US dollar
xiv+
585
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 Checkmark
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1992-03-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-113-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
373
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 Stanley Spencer  
Englantilaiset aaveet 1994-00-00 ed. Markku Sadelehto
Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö?Werner Soederstroem Osakeyhtioe
Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio
(FAN)
951-0-19413-1   502
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 Jukka Murtosaari Checkmark
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-113-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
x+
374
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 Stanley Spencer  
Short Stories 1895-1926 1996-11-00 Walter de la Mare Giles de la Mare Publishers 1-900357-03-8
£16.99?£: UK pound
x+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Editors of Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 0-276-42330-5   528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Wheeler (artist)  
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
 
The Dark Descent 1997-02-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-312-86217-2
$27.95?$: US dollar
1011
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  
Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural 2000-09-00 ed. Clint Willis Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc. (Adrenaline) 1-56025-277-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
381
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 Annette Fournet  
Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural 2001-10-00 ed. Clint Willis Mainstream Publishing (Adrenaline) 1-84018-523-6
£9.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
343
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 Annette Fournet  
The Colour Out of Space 2002-10-00 ed. D. Thin New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 1-59017-026-1
$13.95?$: US dollar
354
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 Charles Burns  
H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror 2005-11-00 ed. Douglas A. Anderson Cold Spring Press 1-59360-056-9
$14.00?$: US dollar
391
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 Daniel Govar Checkmark
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 2005-11-01 ed. John Cournos, Edward J. O'Brien Project Gutenberg 9363
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Strangers and Pilgrims 2007-06-11 Walter de la Mare Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-02-8
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 2012-01-31 ed. John Pelan Cemetery Dance Publications 978-1-58767-080-0
$75.00?$: US dollar
706
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan M. Clark Checkmark
Short Stories 1895-1926 2012-07-18 Walter de la Mare Giles de la Mare Publishers 978-1-900357-40-1
£10.79?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror 2015-10-06 ed. D. Thin New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 978-1-59017-943-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
360
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 Charles Burns Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories 2016-00-00 Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press 978-1-4351-6281-5
$7.98?$: US dollar
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
Out of the Deep and Other Supernatural Tales 2017-04-10 Walter de la Mare British Library Publishing 978-0-7123-5675-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
350
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  
There Is a Graveyard That Dwells in Man 2020-00-00 ed. David Tibet Strange Attractor Press 978-1-907222-61-0
£17.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
440
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 David Tibet  
Strangers and Pilgrims 2022-00-00 Walter de la Mare Tartarus Press 978-1-912586-38-7
£80.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
304, 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
L'enigma e altre storie 2022-10-13 Walter de la Mare Edizioni Hypnos (Biblioteca dell'Immaginario) 979-12-80110-43-5
€24.90?€: Euro
364
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  
L'enigma e altre storie 2022-10-16 Walter de la Mare Edizioni Hypnos (Biblioteca dell'Immaginario) 979-12-80110-44-2
€8.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
xix+
967
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 Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
xix+
967
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 George Tooker  
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