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The Dream

W. Somerset Maugham

First published 1963
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man tells about his unhappy marriage and about the two dreams his wife told him of, in which he threw her down the stairs to her death. She is eventually found dead at the bottom of the stairs. Did she inspire her husband to carry out the dream? He claims he has an alibi.

An enigmatic and somewhat uncanny story.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1963 Cover Collected Short Stories: Volume 2 Penguin Books Collection 202
November 1967 Cover Terribly Strange Tales Macrae Smith Company Anthology 157
November 1967 Cover Terribly Strange Tales Macrae Smith Company Anthology 157