Title: The Christmas Banquet
Title Record # 579997
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1843-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1843-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, December 1843.
Synopsis: At an annual Christmas banquet for the most miserable people available, a perennial guest is a man who appears to have no sorrows at all.
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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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| Mosses from an Old Manse | 1846-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Wiley and Putnam |
207+ 211 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Mosses from an Old Manse | 1854-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Ticknor and Fields |
286+ 297 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |  |
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| Allegories of the Heart | 1890-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Henry Altemus Company | 238 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told | 1945-00-00 | ed. Arnold Shaw | J. P. Feiner | $0.25?$: US dollar |
128 | 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 | |||
| Selected Tales and Sketches | 1950-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Rinehart (Rinehart Editions #33) |
xxx+ 410 |
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 | ||||
| Hawthorne's Short Stories | 1962-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics) | 422 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Selected Tales and Sketches | 1970-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Holt, Rinehart and Winston (Rinehart Editions #33) | 0-03-079790-X |
xxvi+ 627 |
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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| Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840 | 1972-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Taplinger | 0-8008-3590-5 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 928 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | 1972-11-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Gollancz | 0-575-01376-1 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
480 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States | 1973-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Penguin Books (US) | 0-14-003766-7 | 506 | 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 | Peter Fluck | ||
| Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | 1973-08-30 | ed. Peter Haining | Penguin Books | 0-14-003719-5 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
512 | 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 | ||
| Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States | 1974-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Penguin Books (US) | 0-14-003766-7 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
506 | 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 | Peter Fluck | |
| Tales and Sketches | 1982-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Library of America (The Library of America #2) | 0-940450-03-8 | $35.00?$: US dollar |
1493 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |
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| Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | 1983-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Penguin Books | 0-14-003719-5 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
506 | 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 | Barbara Lofthouse | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-05-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday / SFBC | 5144 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-06-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday | 0-385-18549-9 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Selected Tales and Sketches | 1987-00-00 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-039057-X |
xl+ 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. |
coll | |||
| Christmas Ghosts | 1987-09-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Arbor House | 0-87795-873-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 284 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Wendy Wees | |
| Christmas Ghosts | 1988-10-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Robinson | 0-948164-90-5 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
xv+ 284 |
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 | ||
| Christmas Ghosts | 1988-12-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Dell | 0-440-20217-5 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
xv+ 265 |
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 | ||
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1990-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Dorset Press | 0-88029-518-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1991-12-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Macdonald | 0-356-20221-6 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1992-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Warner Books UK | 0-7515-0030-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| Shivers for Christmas | 1995-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Michael O'Mara Books | 1-85479-919-3 | £13.99?£: UK pound |
250 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bob Harvey | |
| Shivers for Christmas | 1996-10-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-14731-7 | $22.95?$: US dollar |
250 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | John Zielinski | |
| The Snow-Image and Other Stories of the Supernatural | 2008-10-23 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Tartarus Press | 978-1-905784-09-7 | £32.50?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 417 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Frederick Church | |
| The Christmas Banquet | 2011-04-28 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Fantasy and Horror Classics | 978-1-4474-0429-3 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
38 | 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. |
chap | ||
| The Christmas Banquet | 2012-10-09 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Acheron Press | 978-1-61430-426-5 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | |||
| The Christmas Banquet | 2013-04-16 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Fantasy and Horror Classics | 978-1-4474-9964-0 | $3.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | |||
| The Christmas Banquet | 2013-04-16 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | CreateSpace | 978-1-4841-3990-5 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
26 | 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. |
chap | ||
| The Greatest Christmas Stories | 2018-12-10 | ed. uncredited | Oregon Publishing | $1.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
| The Christmas Library | 2018-12-10 | ed. uncredited | Oregon Publishing | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
| Tales and Sketches | date unknown | Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Library of America (The Library of America #2) | 0-940450-03-8 | $39.50?$: US dollar |
1493 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |
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| Selected Tales and Sketches | date unknown | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-039057-X | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xl+ 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. |
coll | |