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The Third Generation

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published 1925
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A medical drama, in which a man is dismayed to learn that he has inherited a tainted character from his grandfather. Not really speculative, since the concept of "bad blood in the family" was widely accepted as factual at that time. First published in Round the Red Lamp, 1894.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1925 Cover The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure George H. Doran Collection |10
November 1984 Cover Du fond de l'abîme Néo Collection 55
October 2016 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
October 2016 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
March 2018 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection 269