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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]
1998ⓘFirst published in The Strand, September 1913.
 How It Happened [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
Year Language Title
1959ⓘTranslated by Pierre Vigneaux
 French Comment la chose arriva [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
1966ⓘTranslated 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]
2011ⓘTranslated by Kornya Zsolt, based on the translation of Nagy Gábor
 Hungarian
Így történt?Így tortent
Így toerteent
2014ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand
 French Comment la chose arriva
2020ⓘTranslated by Enrico De Luca.
 Italian Come avvenne

Publications

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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
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  
Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road 1987-11-00 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
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 1990-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Lester & Orpen Dennys 0-88619-124-6   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  
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
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic 1992-06-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Vintage Canada 0-394-22264-4
C$20.00?C$: Canadian 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  
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 2004-05-22 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 Story Collection 6 2009-10-28 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
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  
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales 2017-07-24 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press 978-1-4351-6620-2
$7.98?$: US dollar
 xii+
737
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
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  
Come avvenne 2020-05-11 Arthur Conan Doyle Caravaggio Editore (Frammenti d'autore #5) 978-88-31456-17-3
€0.00?€: Euro
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 chap  
Frammenti d'autore 2021-03-00 ed. Enrico De Luca Caravaggio Editore (Frammenti d'autore) 978-88-31456-38-8
€11.90?€: Euro
 136
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 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 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
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson Potter 0-517-57559-0
$17.50?$: 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  
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales date unknown ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press 978-1-4351-6620-2
$7.98?$: US dollar
 xii+
737
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
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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