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The Past

Ellen Glasgow

First published 1922
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

<i>Wikipedia:</i> Mr. Vanderbridge's memories of his deceased first wife keep him from living in the present. His second wife attempts to break the past's hold over him (and her) by burning the letters that reveal his first wife's infidelity.

First published in Good Housekeeping, October 1920

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1922 The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Small, Maynard & Co. Anthology 168
1923 Cover The Shadowy Third and Other Stories Doubleday, Page & Company Collection 105
1947 Cover The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 553
November 1996 Cover Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926 University of Massachusetts Press Anthology 154
June 2006 The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Project Gutenberg Anthology
September 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 38
December 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |38
November 2014 Cover The Fourth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts! Wildside Press Anthology
July 2019 Cover American Gothic Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
June 2020 Cover The Fourth Ghost Story Megapack Wildside Press Anthology |12
June 2020 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Highbridge / Recorded Books Anthology |38
October 2023 Cover The Shadowy Third and Other Stories Nezu Press Collection