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Ilse's House

Alison Lurie

First published June 1994
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

"A young woman who disdains feminism encounters the ghost of her fiance's ex-wife, who isn't even dead. When the woman suggests to her future husband that they live in a different house when they marry, she discovers some of the pitfalls of male chauvinism." (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt)

First published in the magazine New York Woman, 1990.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1994 Cover Women and Ghosts William Heinemann Collection 1
September 1994 Cover Women and Ghosts Nan A. Talese / Doubleday Collection
May 1995 Cover Women and Ghosts Minerva (UK) Collection
October 1995 Cover Women and Ghosts Avon Books Collection 1
October 2012 Cover Women and Ghosts Nan A. Talese / Doubleday Collection