Title: Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
Title Record # 1116934
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1885-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1885-09-30
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published as 'The Ghost's Touch' in The Irish Fireside, 30 September - 14 October 1885, and in Harper's Weekly, 23 October 1885.
Synopsis: "Mr Rayburn, a widower, and his young daughter, Lucy, meet Mrs Zant in Kensington Gardens while she is experiencing a vision of her dead husband. The ghost warns her against his brother, who aims to force her into an illegal marriage. Rayburn rescues Mrs Zant, hoping to marry her himself, while the supernatural force returns to strike her brother-in-law with fatal paralysis."—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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| The Ghost's Touch | 1885-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | John W. Lovell (Lovell's Library #683) | 116 | 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 Ghost's Touch and Other Stories | 1885-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Harper & Brothers (Harper's Handy Series #30) | $0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
200 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Ghost's Touch, and Percy and the Prophet | 1885-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | George Munro (Seaside Library Pocket Edition #613) | 117 | 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 | ||||
| Little Novels | 1887-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Chatto & Windus |
319+ 331+ 303+ 32 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Little Novels | 1977-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-23506-8 | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
244 | 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 | ||
| Mrs. Zant und ihr Geist | 1983-03-00 | Wilkie Collins | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Phantastische Literatur #72024) |
3-404-72024-5 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
187 | 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 | Johann Peterka | |
| The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories | 1990-07-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Robinson | 1-85487-055-6 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
654 | 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 | |
| The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories | 1990-08-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-590-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 654 |
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 | |
| The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins | 1990-11-00 | Wilkie Collins | Robert Hale | 0-7090-4224-8 | £14.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
303 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Helen Hale | |
| The Anthology of Ghost Stories | 1994-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Tiger Books International | 1-85501-503-X | £9.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
528 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories | 1996-11-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-0352-3 | $9.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 654 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gordon Crab | |
| Classic Ghost Stories | 1998-00-00 | ed. John Grafton | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-40430-7 | $2.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
viii+ 164 |
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 | ||
| Halloween | 2000-11-00 | ed. Stefan Bauer, Marco Schneiders | Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe (Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe #14438) |
3-404-14438-4 | DM 15.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
543 | 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 | Nadja Schwendemann | |
| Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories | 2002-09-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | MetroBooks | 1-58663-736-3 | $12.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 655 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ernesto Rios Lanz | |
| The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | 2004-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-5465-9 | $7.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 528 |
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 | e-Digital | |
| The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | 2004-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Magpie Books | 1-84119-857-9 | £12.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
xi+ 528 |
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 | e-Digital | |
| The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | 2005-00-00 | ed. Richard Dalby | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-6989-3 |
xi+ 528 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Haunted Hotel & Other Strange Stories | 2006-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) | 1-84022-533-5 |
xiii+ 317 |
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 | |||
| Little Novels | 2008-10-15 | Wilkie Collins | Project Gutenberg | 1630 | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) | 978-1-84677-825-4 | £14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
568 | 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 3 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) | 978-1-84677-826-1 | £22.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
568 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Chilling Ghost Short Stories | 2015-09-23 | ed. Laura Bulbeck | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78361-375-5 | £20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
480 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Chilling Ghost Short Stories | 2016-11-12 | ed. Laura Bulbeck | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78664-508-1 | £12.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense | 2019-04-02 | ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton | Pegasus Books | 978-1-64313-020-0 | $25.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xiv+ 256 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense | 2019-04-02 | ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton | Pegasus Books | 978-1-64313-119-1 | $22.85?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 9 | 2021-04-07 | ed. Alastair Gunn | Wimbourne Books | 978-1-8382689-1-6 | £10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
378 | 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 | John Singer Sargent | |
| The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories | date unknown | ed. Richard Dalby | Robinson | 1-85487-055-6 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
654 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction