Synopsis
"Mr Rayburn, a widower, and his young daughter, Lucy, meet Mrs Zant in Kensington Gardens while she is experiencing a vision of her dead husband. The ghost warns her against his brother, who aims to force her into an illegal marriage. Rayburn rescues Mrs Zant, hoping to marry her himself, while the supernatural force returns to strike her brother-in-law with fatal paralysis."—<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.wilkie-collins.info/books_little_novels.htm">Wilkie Collins Information Pages</a>
Notes
First published as 'The Ghost's Touch' in The Irish Fireside, 30 September - 14 October 1885, and in Harper's Weekly, 23 October 1885.
Publications (17)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | Little Novels | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 1 | |
| 1977 |
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Little Novels | Dover Publications | Collection | 1 |
| July 1990 |
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The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories | Robinson | Anthology | 136 |
| August 1990 |
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The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 136 |
| 1994 |
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The Anthology of Ghost Stories | Tiger Books International | Anthology | 136 |
| November 1996 |
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Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | |
| 1998 |
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Classic Ghost Stories | Dover Publications | Anthology | 30 |
| September 2002 |
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Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories | MetroBooks | Anthology | 136 |
| 2004 |
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The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 136 |
| 2004 |
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The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | Magpie Books | Anthology | 136 |
| 2005 | The World's Greatest Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 136 | |
| October 2008 | Little Novels | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| July 2009 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| July 2009 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 3 | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| April 2019 |
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Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense | Pegasus Books | Anthology | 107 |
| April 2019 |
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Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |
| April 2021 |
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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 9 | Wimbourne Books | Anthology | 261 |