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A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

Edgar Allan Poe

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

  • Manuscript ca. 1843, first published in the March 23, 1844 Baltimore Weekly Sun, which was actually a reprint of the official first publication in the April 1844 Godey's Lady's Book.
  • See the notes here and this Lady's Book OCR scan.

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Publications (96)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 311|2311
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 311|2311
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 311|2311
1880 Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose W. J. Widdleton Collection 357
1884 The Assignation and Other Tales John W. Lovell Collection |11
1886 Selections from Edgar Allan Poe: Prose and Poetry Cassell & Company Collection |13
1899 The Murders in the Rue Morgue and A Tale of the Ragged Mountains R. F. Fenno & Co. Collection
1904 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) P. F. Collier & Son Collection 299
1905 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 5 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1910 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection
1914 Tales and Poems Charles E. Merrill Collection 236
1927 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Charles Scribner's Sons Collection |14
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 577
1930 The Gold-Bug and Other Tales and Poems The Macmillan Company Collection 144
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 577
1938 The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 679
1944 Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |17
1945 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |5
1945 Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |17
February 1946 The Best of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 319
1950 The Indispensable Edgar Allan Poe Book Society Collection |5
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 24
1957 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |5
March 1958 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1958 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 77
March 1960 Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe TAB Books Collection 122
1961 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Digit Books Collection
1961 Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 127
1961 Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 127
1962 Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 122
1962 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 21
1963 The Dream Adventure The Orion Press Anthology 73
1963 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 21
1964 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute Collection |10
May 1965 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Laurel Collection 85
June 1965 Venture Science Fiction [UK], June 1965 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 67
1966 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century Oxford University Press Anthology 104
1966 Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 207
1966 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 207
1967 Bizarre and Arabesque: A New Anthology of Tales, Poems and Prose Panther Collection 134
1968 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century Oxford University Press Anthology 104
1970 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 86
1970 Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe Perennial Classic / Harper & Row Collection 401
September 1970 Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 122
February 1971 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Laurel-Leaf Collection 85
March 1971 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 21
August 1971 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology
January 1972 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Beagle Books Anthology 86
1973 Science Fiction 2 Houghton Mifflin Anthology
May 1974 The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 86
September 1975 The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 679
1976 The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 99
1976 Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 122
1977 The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 99
July 1977 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 21
September 1977 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 86
1978 Future Perfect, Revised Edition Oxford University Press, USA Anthology 104
1978 Future Perfect, Revised Edition Oxford University Press Anthology 104
December 1978 Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons Thomas Nelson Anthology 105
1979 Forty-Two Tales Octopus Books Collection 238
1980 The Golden Age of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 319
1981 The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
1982 Fantasy John Murray Anthology 19
1982 The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 99
April 1982 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 86
1983 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Collection 85
1983 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 395
August 1984 Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 655
1985 Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 395
1986 The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe Dove Audio Collection |3
1986 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Marshall Cavendish Collection 488
February 1991 Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 251
March 1991 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 207
1992 The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 679
1994 Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 655
February 1995 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century (Revised and Expanded Edition) Rutgers University Press Anthology 96
September 1997 American Gothic Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 237
April 1998 Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 239
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection 299
February 2003 Ideomancer, February 2003 Decadent Moon MAGAZINE [23]|23
April 2008 Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 239
July 2008 About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy Coachwhip Publications Anthology 112
November 2009 Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 601
2012 The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics Fall River Press Anthology 13
July 2012 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Collection |8
November 2012 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains Obscure Press Chapbook
January 2013 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 3 (Raven Edition) LibriVox Collection
October 2015 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains Obscure Press Chapbook
2017 Time Travel Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 344
August 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 69
December 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection |69
December 2018 Time Travel Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |344
December 2018 Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Musaicum Books / OK Publishing Omnibus |24
December 2018 Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales Musaicum Books Omnibus |24
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology |169
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology 169