Title: The Dream-Woman
Title Record # 86012
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1874-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1874-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in the magazine Temple Bar, Nov-Dec 1874; revised from 'The Ostler', published in the magazine Household Words, Christmas 1855.
Synopsis: "Isaac Scatchard, an itinerant ostler, wakes on the night of his birthday to see the apparition of a woman trying to stab him with a clasp knife. Seven years later he marries Rebecca Murdoch, against the wishes of his mother who recognises her from Isaac's description as the dream woman. Rebecca takes to drink and fulfills the prophecy by attacking him on his birthday. She disappears and Isaac can never again sleep at night for fear she will return to kill him."
—Wilkie Collins Information Pages
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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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| Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America | 1906-00-00 | ed. William Patten | P. F. Collier & Son |
430+ 428+ 432 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| The Dream-Woman | 1923-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #107) | 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. |
coll | ||||
| Tales of Suspense | 1954-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | The Folio Society | 255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| A Treasury of Great Ghost Stories | 1965-00-00 | ed. Ira Peck | Popular Library | SP397 | $0.50?$: 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 |  |
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| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $3.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
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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| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-06-00 | Wilkie Collins | Peter Smith Publisher | 0-8446-4725-X | $11.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions | 1983-00-00 | ed. Elana Lore | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
348 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
anth | |||
| Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions | 1983-00-00 | ed. Elana Lore | The Dial Press | 0-385-27914-0 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
348 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions | 1986-05-00 | ed. Elana Lore | Severn House | 0-7278-1285-8 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
352 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense | 1987-06-00 | ed. Simon Petherick | Robert Hale | 0-7090-2933-0 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
224 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| 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 | |
| Great Ghost Stories | 2003-08-07 | ed. William Patten | Fredonia Books | 1-4101-0331-5 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
436 | 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 Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-821-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
584 | 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 Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-822-3 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
584 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror | 2014-00-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz | Fall River Press | 978-1-4351-5721-7 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
666 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Shutterstock.com | |
| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | date unknown | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $6.50?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
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 | Fred Walker | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction