Title: The Beautiful Suit

Title: The Beautiful Suit Title Record # 68481
Author: H. G. Wells
Date: 1909-04-10
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English

Note: First published in the US weekly magazine Collier's, 1909-04-10 p. 13, as "A Moonlight Fable: The Little Man and His Gleaming Suit". --The FictionMags Index (FictionMags reports no other publication. The source as first publication is unknown.)

Synopsis: A young boy gets a very fine handcrafted suit as a gift from his mother, but is allowed to wear it only on very few occasions. One night he decides to wear it and goes out for a stroll ...

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Year	Title
1909	A Moonlight Fable: The Little Man and His Gleaming Suit
1911^ⓘ The story was published in the US weekly magazine Collier's, 1909-04-10 p. 13, as "A Moonlight Fable: The Little Man and His Gleaming Suit". --The FictionMags Index	A Moonlight Fable

Year	Language	Title
1914^ⓘTranslated by Henry D. Davray and Bronislaw Kozakiewicz.	French	Une fable au clair de lune
1930^ⓘTranslated by Lena Neumann	German	Der schöne Anzug^?Der schoene Anzug
1930^ⓘTranslated by Lena Neumann	German	Der schöne Anzug^?Der schoene Anzug [as by Herbert George Wells]
1969^ⓘTranslated by Ursula Spinner	German	Der schöne Anzug^?Der schoene Anzug
1990^ⓘTranslated by Joseph Dobrinsky	French	Le Beau Costume
2024	Portuguese	Uma fábula ao luar

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Collier's, April 10, 1909	1909-04-10	ed. Norman Hapgood	P. F. Collier & Son		$0.10^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	34	tabloid^?11" by 16" magazine, usually newsprint, e.g. British Science Fiction Monthly.	mag	C. B. Falls
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	1911-08-00	H. G. Wells	Thomas Nelson & Sons		2/-^?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+ 574	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories	1911-11-00	H. G. Wells	Mitchell Kennerley		$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	153	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories	1911-11-00	H. G. Wells	Grant Richards			153	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	1913-08-00	H. G. Wells	Thomas Nelson & Sons (Nelson's Library)		-/7^?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+ 574	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Le Pays des aveugles	1914-00-00	H. G. Wells	Mercure de France (Collection d'auteurs étrangers)			272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories	1915-01-00	H. G. Wells	Grant Richards			153	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of Wonder	1923-00-00	H. G. Wells	W. Collins Sons			249	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Country of the Blind	1923-00-00	H. G. Wells	Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #161)	161	$0.10^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	62	ph^?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.	coll
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories	1925-00-00	H. G. Wells	T. Fisher Unwin (The Works of H. G. Wells #10)			xiv+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories	1925-00-00	H. G. Wells	Charles Scribner's Sons (The Works of H. G. Wells #10)			xiv+ 652	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	1926-01-00	H. G. Wells	Tauchnitz (Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors #4713)	4713		267	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		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).	1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Time Machine and Other Stories	1927-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			215	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-09-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1927-10-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	The Literary Guild				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1929-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran		$5.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis	1930-00-00	Herbert George Wells	Zsolnay (Herbert George Wells: Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben)		RM 6.00	371	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	George Charles Beresford
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1937-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1937-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			437	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1938-00-00	H. G. Wells	Garden City Publishing Co.			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1938-00-00	H. G. Wells	Doubleday, Doran			vi+ 1015	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Short Stories: First Series	1940-09-00	H. G. Wells	Thomas Nelson & Sons (Teaching of English #221)	221		218	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1948-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		17/6^?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).	1148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1957-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		13/6^?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).	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1960-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Magazine of Horror, September 1964	1964-09-00	ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes	Health Knowledge, Inc.		$0.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	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".	mag
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn			1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Cone	1965-00-00	H. G. Wells	Fontana	1125	3/6^?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).	160	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
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1966-09-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn		21/-^?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).	vii+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Der gestohlene Bazillus und acht andere Erzählungen	1969-00-00	H. G. Wells	Diogenes			264	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tomi Ungerer
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1974-00-00	H. G. Wells	Ernest Benn	0-510-40301-8	$12.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories	1980-00-00	H. G. Wells	David R. Godine	0-87923-326-5		157	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories	1980-07-00	H. G. Wells	David R. Godine	0-87923-327-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	157	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
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis	1980-09-00	H. G. Wells	Zsolnay (H. G. Wells Edition #6)	3-552-03240-1	DM 24.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	270	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Doris Byer
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis	1982-10-00	H. G. Wells	Ullstein ( Ullstein Bücher^?Ullstein Buecher #20256)	3-548-20256-X	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	270	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	Theodor Bayer-Eynck
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1987-00-00	H. G. Wells	St. Martin's Press	0-312-15855-6	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vi+ 1038	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Empire of the Ants and Other Short Stories / L'Empire des fourmis et autres nouvelles	1990-09-17	H. G. Wells	Le Livre de Poche (Les Langues Modernes/Bilingues)	2-253-05346-5		311	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	Annie-Claude Martin
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	1996-10-31	H. G. Wells	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)	0-19-282827-4	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxvii+ 534	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	Claude A. Shepperson
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells	1998-08-00	H. G. Wells	J. M. Dent	0-460-87964-2	£30.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 883	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	2004-04-02	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	11870	$0.00^?$: 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 Door in the Wall and Other Stories	2005-07-22	H. G. Wells	Project Gutenberg	456	$0.00^?$: 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 Country of the Blind, and Other Stories	2006-01-10	H. G. Wells	The Echo Library	1-84637-793-5	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	302	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 Man Who Could Work Miracles	2006-12-01	H. G. Wells	Tartarus Press	978-1-905784-00-4	£35.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 363	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales	2009-00-00	H. G. Wells	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-1583-5	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 367	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Kazuhiko Nakamura
A Dream of Armageddon	2009-01-00	H. G. Wells	Cybraria		$3.26^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		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 3	2009-06-22	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	2010-03-23	H. G. Wells	Waking Lion Press	978-1-4341-0292-8	$21.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	398	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
A Dream of Armageddon	2010-05-00	H. G. Wells	Kessinger	978-1-161-41702-9	$30.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Cast Macabre, CM7	2010-06-11	ed. Barry J. Northern	Wolfsbane Publishing		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Complete Short Story Omnibus	2011-04-00	H. G. Wells	Gollancz	978-0-575-09524-3	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	959	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14	2011-09-01	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories	2013-01-17	H. G. Wells	CreateSpace	978-1-4819-9061-5	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	310	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 Country of the Blind and Other Stories	2013-07-29	H. G. Wells	CreateSpace	978-1-4912-2057-3	$15.20^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	576	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 Door in the Wall and Other Stories	2013-08-01	H. G. Wells	Bottom of the Hill Publishing	978-1-4837-0288-9	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	106	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
Short Science Fiction Collection 50	2014-06-01	ed. LibriVox	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	anth
The Crystal Egg and Other Stories	2017-01-09	H. G. Wells	Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)	978-1-84022-739-0	£1.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xxx+ 450	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	Carolyn Arcabascio
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories	2017-04-21	H. G. Wells	Enhanced Media Publishing	978-1-365-89161-8	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Frank R. Paul
H.G. Wells: Timeless Adventures from the Father of Science Fiction	2018-11-01	H. G. Wells	Prion / Carlton	978-1-911610-19-9	£14.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	651	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	Teacept
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy	2019-10-01	ed. Mike Ashley	The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird #9)	978-0-7123-5263-5	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	296	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	Enrique Bernardou
Universos Peculiares	2024-07-15	H. G. Wells	Editora Wish	978-85-67566-81-8	R$64.90^?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Moon Falling: Short Stories	2024-11-12	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-80417-809-6	£20.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Dream of Armageddon	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Kessinger	978-1-4191-0103-8	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		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
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy	date unknown	ed. Mike Ashley	The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird)	978-0-7123-5263-5	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	296	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	Enrique Bernardou
Tales of Wonder	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Collins / BCE			253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells	date unknown	H. G. Wells	Odhams Press			375	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll

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