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The Invisible Man

G. K. Chesterton

First published November 1927
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Father Brown

  • First published in the January 28th, 1911 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. Re-published in the collection The Innocence of Father Brown (1911- Cassell and Company, Ltd.).
  • While the story is a mystery with no overt speculative elements, the murdered man is described as running a business that builds automatons (robots for household chores) which places the background of the story into the speculative fiction realm.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1927 The Argosy, November 1927 The Amalgamated Press MAGAZINE 53
1965 Cover Great Detective Stories Hart Publishing Anthology 155
October 1969 Great English Short Stories Dell Laurel Anthology 68
1984 Cover Murder Most Foul Octopus Books Anthology 245
1987 Cover Murder Most Foul Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 245
1988 Murder Most Foul Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 245
2006 Cover Vintage Mystery and Detective Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 630
November 2017 Cover Agents & Spies Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 149
2022 Cover Agents & Spies Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 149