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Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories

Penelope Lively

First published 1984
Publisher William Heinemann
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art John Lawrence
Pages 120
Price £5.95
ISBN 0434949604

8 stories "five of them new, three previously published in anthologies" --1st ed. front jacket flap blurb viewed at Open Library Three previous publications are listed, facing the 1st ed. title leaf, and those are noted in ISFDB story title records (September 2022). "... all eight stories are cozy domestications of the supernatural, designed to curl up with rather than to curl hair. They are clever and polished, a bit precious, and very English, which may limit their appeal here." --Kirkus Reviews (above) concludes in review of the 1st US ed.


Data from Locus1. Libraries (BL and OCLC, below) report 119 pages --should be checked. Last page is unnumbered. Cover image from Amazon UK 2022-08-28 as Hardcover and "Heinemann Young Books (1 July 1984)".

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories Cover 1985 E. P. Dutton Hardcover Collection Larry Ross 120
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories Cover 1986 Puffin Paperback Collection Anthony Kerins 120
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories 1987 Puffin Paperback Collection 120
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories Cover 1991 Mammoth Paperback Collection 119
Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories 1997 Mammoth Paperback Collection John Lawrence 120