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The Last Circle

Stephen Vincent Benét

First published 1946
Publisher Farrar, Straus
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages viii+309
Price $3.00

  • 23 stories and poems
  • This, "the final posthumous collection of [SVB]'s stories and poems which have not appeared in book form, will be published by Farrar, Straus on Nov. 15. Rosemary Benet, his widow, has written a preface to the book, explaining the reasons behind some of the selections." --"Book Notes", New York Herald Tribune 1946-10-25 p22

  • "For Remembrance" is composed of :
    1. With a Gift of Crystal Candlesticks (pg 303)
    2. Today I Saw You Smiling (pg 305)
  • "Memento Mori" is composed of :
    1. For Us
    2. Thirty-Five
    3. For You

Year Reviewer Publication
1983 Everett F. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Last Circle 1946 Oxford Hardcover Collection viii+309
The Last Circle 1948 William Heinemann Hardcover Collection 288
The Last Circle 1973 Books for Libraries Press Hardcover Collection viii+309