"A room is all Victorian sumptuous rugs and curtains at one end, completely bare at the other, with a divan upon which beautiful but immoral woman is lounging. In bursts her husband declaring he knows about her affair with young Douglas; she must choose one of them. In bursts Douglas and the husband produces poison: Let's play cards for her, old man. All written in the highest pitch of melodrama with everyone gasping or turning white. In the final line the director steps forward and shouts, Cut! It was all a scene from a movie." (Books & Boots)
First published in the Strand Magazine, December 1921.
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| 1925 |
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The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery | George H. Doran | Collection | |13 |
| 1978 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Pan Books | Collection | |0.13 |
| 1979 | Tales of Terror and Mystery | Penguin Books | Collection | |14 | |
| 1981 |
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O Enigma do Trem Perdido | Francisco Alves | Collection | |
| 2004 |
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The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 282 |
| 2011 |
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Jobb nem firtatni | Delta Vision Kft. | Collection | 331 |
| April 2013 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Serenity Publishers | Collection | |0.13 |
| October 2016 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| October 2016 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | |
| March 2018 |
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Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 482 |
| April 2019 |
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Piccola guida tascabile ai luoghi da non frequentare in letteratura, ovvero, come una buona conoscenza geografica può salvare la vita | ABEditore | Anthology | 199 |
| January 2020 |
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Tales of Terror and Mystery | Bibliotech Press | Collection | |0.13 |