Title: The Cold Embrace
Title Record # 584613
Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Date: 1860-09-29
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Date: 1860-09-29
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine The Welcome Guest, Sept 29, 1860.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | 1931-06-00 | ed. Montague Summers | 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). |
608 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | 1952-04-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Gollancz | 622 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |  |
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| The Cold Embrace | 1966-00-00 | ed. Alex Hamilton | Corgi | GN7508 | 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). |
188 | 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 | George Underwood | |
| The Supernatural Omnibus I | 1967-00-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Panther | 2199 | 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). |
332 | 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 | ||
| Women of the Weird: Eerie Stories by the Gentle Sex | 1976-00-00 | ed. Gogo Lewis, Seon Manley | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 0-688-41731-0 | 188 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | ||
| Classic Tales of Horror | 1976-10-00 | ed. Stephanie Dowrick | Constable & Co. Ltd. | 0-09-461560-8 | £3.75?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 270 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Supernatural Omnibus: Volume 1: Hauntings and Horror | 1976-12-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Penguin Books | 0-14-004184-2 | £0.95?£: UK pound |
429 | 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 | Justin Todd | |
| Reign of Terror: The 2nd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories | 1977-02-00 | ed. Michel Parry | Corgi Books | 0-552-10390-X | £0.70?£: UK pound |
190 | 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 | |
|
| Doomed to the Night: An Anthology of Ghost Stories | 1978-00-00 | ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes | William Kimber | 0-7183-0156-0 | £4.25?£: UK pound |
207 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ionicus | |
| The Supernatural Omnibus | 1982-00-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Gollancz | 0-575-03120-4 | £8.95?£: UK pound |
622 | 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 Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | 1984-00-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Penguin Books | 0-14-007297-7 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
573 | 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 | Steve Crisp | |
| Chamber of Horrors | 1984-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Octopus Books | 0-7064-2053-5 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stuart Bodek | |
| Chamber of Horrors | 1985-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Octopus Books | 0-7064-2053-5 | $6.00?$: US dollar |
349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stuart Bodek | |
| Chamber of Horrors | 1987-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | 0-8317-1234-1 | 349 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stuart Bodek | |
|
| Occulta. L'omnibus del soprannaturale | 1988-05-00 | ed. Montague Summers | Mondadori (Oscar #2036) | 88-04-30846-X | Lit 14,000?Lit: Italian lira |
xiv+ 560 |
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 | Karel Thole | |
| The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | 1988-09-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Virago | 0-86068-809-7 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 347 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |
| Anthology of Fear | 1988-12-00 | ed. uncredited | Marshall Cavendish Partworks | 1-85435-117-6 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
368 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | 1989-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Virago | 0-86068-809-7 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
xvii+ 347 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |
| Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers | 1989-05-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-473-X | $18.95?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 347 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | 1989-09-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Charnwood | 0-7089-8525-4 |
xxviii+ 562 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
||
| Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers | 1990-07-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-593-0 | $9.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 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 | Saksa Art & Design | |
| Ghost and Horror Stories | 1990-07-00 | ed. uncredited | Tynron Press | 1-871948-11-8 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
579 | 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 | Sue Harmer | |
| The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | 1992-08-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Virago | 1-85381-480-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 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 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |
| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | 1993-07-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-106-8 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 546 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Jack Eckstein | |
| Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers | 1996-09-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-0354-X | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 347 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | 1997-00-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-921-2 | $4.98?$: US dollar |
546 | 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 Cold Embrace and Other Ghost Stories | 2000-05-12 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Ash-Tree Press | 1-55310-004-2 | C$58.00?C$: Canadian dollar |
xxii+ 286 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jason C. Eckhardt | |
| One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre | 2000-09-00 | ed. Kathleen Blease | Ballantine Books | 0-345-44044-7 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 206 |
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 | |
|
| At Chrighton Abbey and Other Horror Stories | 2002-00-00 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Wildside Press (Wildside Fantasy Classics) | 1-59224-033-X | $12.99?$: US dollar |
122 | 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 | ||
| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | 2003-10-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Sterling Publishing | 1-4027-0973-0 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
546 | 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 | ||
| At Chrighton Abbey and Other Horror Stories | 2004-08-10 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Wildside Press | 1-55742-265-6 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
124 | 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 | ||
| At Chrighton Abbey and Other Horror Stories | 2005-07-21 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Wildside Press (Wildside Fantasy Classics) | 1-55742-331-8 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
124 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories | 2006-09-00 | ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Stephen Jones | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-1679-7 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xxiii+ 270 |
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 | |
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| Short Ghost and Horror Collection 007 | 2009-12-01 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | |||||
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Volume 1 | 2010-01-01 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-049-5 | £13.99?£: UK pound |
500 | 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 | ||
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Volume 1 | 2010-01-01 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Leonaur Ltd | 978-0-85706-050-1 | £21.99?£: UK pound |
500 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Horror Masters Vol. 4 | 2010-01-01 | ed. Sons of Horror | River Styx Publishing | 978-1-61704-040-5 | $12.89?$: US dollar |
184 | 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 Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce | 2010-02-25 | ed. Michael Newton (UK) | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 978-0-14-144236-5 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
xliv+ 416 |
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 Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters | 2011-03-11 | ed. John Gregory Betancourt | Wildside Press (Megapack) | 978-1-4344-3894-2 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Elfwilde | ||
| The Cold Embrace and Other Ghost Stories | 2012-02-26 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Ash-Tree Press | 978-1-55310-218-2 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Jason C. Eckhardt | ||
| Ancient Terrors | 2012-08-08 | ed. Guy Anthony De Marco | Yurei Press | 978-1-62225-008-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
i+ 276 |
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 | |
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| The Supernatural Omnibus | 2014-07-07 | ed. Montague Summers | Muschamp Press | 978-1-4733-9489-6 | $10.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| 100 Great Short Stories | 2015-02-23 | ed. James Daley | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 978-0-486-80328-9 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| 100 Great Short Stories | 2015-03-18 | ed. James Daley | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 978-0-486-79021-3 | 768 | 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 Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women | 2016-05-18 | ed. S. T. Joshi | Dover Publications (Dover Horror Classics) | 978-0-486-80505-4 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
vi+ 272 |
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 Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 | 2016-10-24 | ed. Alastair Gunn | Wimbourne Books | $2.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Sir Hubert von Herkomer | |||
| The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1 | 2018-01-07 | ed. Alastair Gunn | Wimbourne Books | 978-0-9929828-4-3 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
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. |
anth | ||
| The Face in the Glass: The Gothic Tales of Mary Elizabeth Braddon | 2019-02-01 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) | 978-0-7123-6498-0 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | Enrique Bernardou | ||
| The Face in the Glass: The Gothic Tales of Mary Elizabeth Braddon | 2019-02-01 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) | 978-0-7123-5208-6 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
346 | 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 | Enrique Bernardou | |
| LampLight, September 2020 | 2020-09-00 | ed. Jacob Haddon | Apokrupha | 979-869334565-2 | 94 | 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. |
mag | |
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| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-106-8 |
xiv+ 546 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert A. Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-106-8 |
xiv+ 546 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Ralph the Bailiff and Other Tales | date unknown | The Author of 'Lady Audley's Secret,' 'Aurora Floyd,' Etc. Etc. Etc. | Ward, Lock and Tyler | 424 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction