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The Debt

Edith Wharton

First published October 1910
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

" A scientist enrages his distinguished teacher's family by refuting the master's theory, but justifies himself as continuing the work that his predecessor would have done, had he lived." (Laura Rattray)

Originally published in Scribner's Magazine, August 1909

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1910 Tales of Men and Ghosts Charles Scribner's Sons Collection 125
October 2003 Tales of Men and Ghosts Project Gutenberg Collection
April 2005 Cover Tales of Men and Ghosts Wildside Press Collection
January 2010 Cover Tales of Men and Ghosts ValdeBooks Collection 68
April 2013 Cover Tales of Men and Ghosts CreateSpace Collection
July 2013 Cover Tales of Men and Ghosts LibriVox Collection |5
2014 Cover Psychology: A Literary Introduction Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology |4
2021 Cover The Rivals of H. G. Wells, Vol. I (Short Stories and Novelettes) Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 221