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Title: "Thou Art the Man" Title Record # 966205
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1844-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
  • Manuscript ca. May 28, 1844; first published in the November 1844 Godey's Lady's Book as "Thou Art the Man!". The exclamation point was dropped in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in 1850.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1844 Thou Art the Man
1992 Thou Art the Man [as by Edgar Poe]
Year Language Title
1901ⓘTranslated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg]
 German Du hast's gethan!
1920ⓘTranslated by Gisela Etzel
 German "Du bist der Mann!"
1953ⓘTranslated by André Noorbeek
 Dutch 'Jij bent het geweest!'
1961ⓘTranslated by Marlies Wettstein.
 German Du bist der Täter!
1963ⓘTranslated by Ion Vinea.
 Romanian
"Tu ești ucigașul"?"Tu esti ucigasul!"
1965ⓘTranslated by Ion Vinea and Mircea Alexandrescu.
 Romanian
"Tu ești ucigașul!"?"Tu esti ucigasul!"
[as by E. A. Poe]
1965ⓘ Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg] Translation first published in 1901 as Du hast's gethan!
 German Du hast's getan
1966ⓘTranslated by Eduard Visser
 Dutch Jij hebt het gedaan!
1974ⓘTranslated by Helmut T. Heinrich
 German "Du bist der Mann!"
1992ⓘTranslated by Alain Jaubert
 French C'est toi l'homme [as by Edgar Poe]
1993ⓘTranslated by Heide Steiner
 German Du bist der Mann
2003ⓘ Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg] Translation first published in 1901 as Du hast's gethan!
 German Du hast's getan!

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1850-01-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     xx+
483+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1853-00-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1856-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607+
447
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose 1880-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     clxxviii+
676
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series 1889-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe A. C. Armstrong & Son     vi+
446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Weird Tales 1895-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Henry Altemus Company     258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1908-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #336)     xv+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
King Pest, and Other Tales 1924-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Holerth Press (Holerth Library #30)     80
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     1296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms 1931-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Blue Ribbon Books     [32]+
918
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1938-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Galdone  
Selected Stories 1944-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Editions for the Armed Services J-297
$0.00?$: US dollar
 349
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  
Selected Stories 1945-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Editions for the Armed Services 767   349
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 Mystery 1949-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Pan Books 110   223
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 Bip Pares  
Tales 1952-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics)     666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
An Omnibus of American Mysteries 1959-00-00 ed. Michael Eenhoorn Juniper Press (Forgotten Classics of Mystery #2)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
 383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic-TAB (Scholastic Library Edition) T210
$0.35?$: US dollar
 vii+
218
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 Irv Docktor  
The Pit and the Pendulum 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Digit Books R565
2/6?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).
 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  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1336)  
6/6?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+
527
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 Robin Jacques Checkmark
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic T210
$0.50?$: US dollar
 vii+
218
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 Irv Docktor  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1963-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #1336) 1336
6/6?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+
527
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 Robin Jacques Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
819
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library     vii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe 1970-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic T210
$0.60?$: US dollar
 vii+
210+
[5]
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 Checkmark
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1971-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
 xii+
527
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 Smythe Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1975-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books 0-394-71678-7 / V-678
$5.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
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 Checkmark
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe 1976-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic TK210   vii+
218
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 Checkmark
The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1981-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-14990-5
$35.00?$: US dollar
 xvii+
683
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1984-08-01 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$27.50?$: US dollar
 1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1991-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-07407-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
 821
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jackie Schuman  
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1992-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) 0-679-60007-8
$20.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1994-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$37.50?$: US dollar
 1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged 2009-05-14 Edgar Allan Poe Prion Books 978-1-85375-700-6
£14.99?£: UK pound
 656
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 Ceri Wood  
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems 2009-11-29 Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books 978-0-7858-1453-5   xiv+
842
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged 2010-05-01 Edgar Allan Poe Prion Books 978-1-85375-700-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
 656
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 Ceri Wood  
The Very Eye of Death 2012-05-31 Edgar Allan Poe Creation Oneiros (Creation Oneiros Scorpionic) 978-1-902197-50-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
 192
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 Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic 0-590-08595-6   vii+
210+
[8]
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 Irv Docktor Checkmark
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic 0-590-43344-X
$2.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
210
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 Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) G40   xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Paul Galdone Checkmark
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic 0-590-43344-X
$2.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
210
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 Checkmark
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