"The story is set in India during the time of British rule. The main character is Harry Pope and the narrator of the story is Timber Woods. He goes over to his friend Harry Pope's house. Harry is in bed, motionless, sweating, and in a panic. He claims to have a snake (the poisonous krait) on his stomach, underneath the covers. He asks Timber to go get a doctor. He calls Dr. Ganderbai, a local Indian doctor who rushes over as soon as possible. Timber and Ganderbai frantically try to get the snake off of Harry through various methods (which include sedating the snake and giving Harry an antivenin) . As the story progresses, it is revealed that there is in fact no snake on Harry." (Wikpedia)
First published in Collier's, June 1950.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1950 |
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Collier's, June 3, 1950 | Crowell-Collier | MAGAZINE | 26 |
| 1953 |
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Someone Like You | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |
| 1954 | Someone Like You | Secker & Warburg | Collection | ||
| 1961 |
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Someone Like You | Michael Joseph | Collection | |
| August 1961 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | 137 |
| 1962 | M'n liefje, m'n duifje | Meulenhoff | Collection | 107 | |
| 1963 |
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M'n liefje, m'n duifje | Meulenhoff | Collection | 107 |
| 1965 |
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Someone Like You | Four Square Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | |
| March 1968 |
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The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 89 |
| July 1969 | The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 89 | |
| November 1969 |
|
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | |
| 1970 |
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Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | 117 |
| January 1971 |
|
The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 90 |
| 1972 |
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Someone Like You | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| September 1973 |
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The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 89 |
| December 1974 |
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The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 89 |
| May 1977 |
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The Third Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 89 |
| September 1979 |
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Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | 411 |
| 1980 |
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More Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | 7 |
| October 1980 |
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Küßchen, Küßchen! | Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft | Collection | 307 |
| 1984 | A Question of Blood: Stories of Prejudice | Collins Educational | Anthology | 112 | |
| 1985 |
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Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi | Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho | Omnibus | 193|13 |
| September 1986 |
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Completely Unexpected Tales | Penguin Books | Omnibus | |
| 1987 |
|
A Second Roald Dahl Selection | Longman | Collection | 115 |
| November 1989 |
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Someone Like You: and Other Short Stories | Le Livre de Poche | Collection | 115 |
| August 1990 |
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Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | 532 | |
| October 2006 |
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Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 259 |
| December 2009 |
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Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| December 2009 |
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Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection |