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The Smuggler and His Family

Mary Shelley

First published 1976
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story


First published in Original Compositions in Prose and Verse [...] (London: Edmund Lloyd, 1833), pp. 27-53; listed in the Contents as by "Mrs. Shelley".

Because that anthology was "published in 1833 'for the benefit of a family in reduced circumstances' (editor's note on dedication page), it appears that Mary Shelley was using her story to instruct the family in the disastrous effects of crime and the eventual triumph of virtuous and responsible love between mother and son." --Charles E. Robinson, 1976 collection "Notes", XV, p. 389 (viewed at Amazon)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1976 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 203
1990 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 203