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Title: How It Happened Title Record # 73241
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date: 1913-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: babel.hathitrust.org, librivox.org-1, librivox.org-2
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1913 How It Happened [as by A. Conan Doyle]
1998First published in The Strand, September 1913.
How It Happened [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
Year Language Title
1959Translated by Pierre Vigneaux
French Comment la chose arriva [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1966Translated by Rudolf Rocholl
German Ein Verkehrsunfall [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1984 German Per Auto ins Jenseits [as by Conan Doyle]
1989 French Comment la chose arriva [as by Conan Doyle]
2011Translated by Kornya Zsolt, based on the translation of Nagy Gábor
Hungarian Így történt
2014Translated by an uncredited hand
French Comment la chose arriva

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Strand Magazine, September 1913 1913-09-00 ed. Editors of The Strand Magazine George Newnes     120
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Danger! and Other Stories 1918-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
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).
ix+
246
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Danger! and Other Stories 1919-00-00 A. Conan Doyle George H. Doran     vii+
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1919-00-00 A. Conan Doyle George H. Doran     254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1925-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle George H. Doran  
$0.90?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 1925-00-00 A. Conan Doyle George H. Doran (The Conan Doyle Stories #4)  
$0.90?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1929-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
20/-?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).
xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1939-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1940-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1945-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1949-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray  
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).
xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1951-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1956-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Œuvres complètes XII 1959-05-11 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Robert Laffont     627
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Conan Doyle Stories 1960-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle John Murray     xii+
1201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Die Schreckenskammer 1969-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Heyne     158
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  
Das Weißbuch des Schwarzen Humors?Das Weissbuch des Schwarzen Humors
1984-00-00 ed. Hans Gamber Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6351) 3-453-01897-4
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
252
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
Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road 1987-00-00 ed. William Pattrick Star 0-352-32164-4
£2.50?£: UK pound
224
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
Mysterious Motoring Stories 1987-02-00 ed. William Pattrick W. H. Allen 0-491-03643-4
£10.95?£: UK pound
224
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1988-04-00 Arthur Conan Doyle W. Foulsham & Co. 0-572-01453-8
£12.95?£: UK pound
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Les exploits du Pr Challenger et autres aventures étranges 1989-03-00 Conan Doyle Robert Laffont (Bouquins) 2-221-05630-2
F120.00?F: French frank
1155
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.
omni  
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic 1991-01-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-57559-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xx+
941
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  
White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature 1991-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-31380-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
xx+
941
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  
Strange Tales from the Strand 1991-11-00 ed. Jack Adrian Oxford University Press 0-19-212305-X
£15.95?£: UK pound
xxiii+
373
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mick Brownfield Checkmark
Strange Tales from the Strand 1992-10-00 ed. Jack Adrian Oxford University Press 0-19-282997-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
xxiii+
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 Mick Brownfield  
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0583-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb  
Great Ghost Stories 1998-09-00 ed. Barry Moser Books of Wonder / William Morrow 0-688-14587-6
$22.00?$: US dollar
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Barry Moser  
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment 1998-10-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0855-X
$7.98?$: US dollar
578
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lucy Corvino Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1998-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Robinson 1-85487-536-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb Checkmark
The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2000-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Gramercy Books 0-517-16201-6
$8.99?$: US dollar
272
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
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 Checkmark
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2004-05-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-068-9
C$60.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xxxviii+
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Lowe  
Danger! and Other Stories 2007-08-19 Arthur Conan Doyle Project Gutenberg 22357
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 2009-10-27 ed. LibriVox LibriVox      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
The Speculative Conan Doyle 2010-00-00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-024-2   396
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 Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen 2010-06-11 A. Conan Doyle Project Gutenberg 32777
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Jobb nem firtatni 2011-00-00 Arthur Conan Doyle Delta Vision Kft. (
MesterMűvek: Klasszikusok?MesterMuvek: Klasszikusok
#5)
978-963-9890-11-4
Ft 2,990?Ft: Hungarian forint
340
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 Tikos Péter Checkmark
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-216-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Lowe  
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction 2012-02-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-217-5
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Paul Lowe Checkmark
Danger! and Other Stories 2014-04-16 Arthur Conan Doyle LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
Otherlands: Tales from the past: Volume 1 2014-05-00 ed. uncredited Otherland (Nouvelle(s) Génération) 978-2-7973-0013-6
€11.70?€: Euro
298
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-01 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 978-0-19-873429-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
592
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Gothic Tales 2016-10-20 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press 978-0-19-105363-4
£16.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Gothic Tales 2018-03-22 Arthur Conan Doyle Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) 978-0-19-873430-7
£9.99?£: UK pound
592
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 Parasite and Other Tales of Terror 2021-05-04 Arthur Conan Doyle Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) 978-1-4926-9981-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jeffrey Nguyen Checkmark
The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror 2021-05-04 Arthur Conan Doyle Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics #6) 978-1-4926-9980-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
240
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 Jeffrey Nguyen Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0583-3
$10.95?$: US dollar
xii+
482
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 Gordon Crabb  
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