The Christmas Banquet
| First published | 1846 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
At an annual Christmas banquet for the most miserable people available, a perennial guest is a man who appears to have no sorrows at all.
First published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, December 1843.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1846 | Mosses from an Old Manse | Wiley and Putnam | Collection | 38|2038 | |
| 1854 | Mosses from an Old Manse | Ticknor and Fields | Collection | 2049 | |
| 1890 | Allegories of the Heart | Henry Altemus Company | Collection | 9 | |
| 1945 |
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The Greatest Adventure Stories Ever Told | J. P. Feiner | Anthology | 93 |
| 1950 | Selected Tales and Sketches | Rinehart | Collection | |19 | |
| 1962 |
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Hawthorne's Short Stories | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Collection | |22 |
| 1970 |
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Selected Tales and Sketches | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Collection | 264 |
| 1972 |
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Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840 | Taplinger | Anthology | 863 |
| November 1972 |
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Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | Gollancz | Anthology | |431 |
| 1973 |
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Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States | Penguin Books (US) | Anthology | 431 |
| August 1973 |
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Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | Penguin Books | Anthology | |
| 1974 |
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Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States | Penguin Books (US) | Anthology | 431 |
| 1983 |
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Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 | Penguin Books | Anthology | 431 |
| May 1985 |
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 533 |
| June 1985 |
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | Doubleday | Anthology | 533 |
| September 1987 |
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Christmas Ghosts | Arbor House | Anthology | 215 |
| October 1988 |
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Christmas Ghosts | Robinson | Anthology | 215 |
| December 1988 |
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Christmas Ghosts | Dell | Anthology | 202 |
| October 1990 | Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | Dorset Press | Anthology | ||
| December 1991 | Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | Macdonald | Anthology | ||
| January 1992 |
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A Christmas Treasury of Yuletide Stories & Poems | Galahad Books | Anthology | 146 |
| October 1992 |
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | Warner Books UK | Anthology | |
| 1995 |
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Shivers for Christmas | Michael O'Mara Books | Anthology | 60 |
| October 1996 |
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Shivers for Christmas | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 60 |
| October 2008 | The Snow-Image and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Tartarus Press | Collection | 303 | |
| April 2011 |
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The Christmas Banquet | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| October 2012 |
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The Christmas Banquet | Acheron Press | Chapbook | |
| April 2013 |
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The Christmas Banquet | CreateSpace | Chapbook | |
| April 2013 |
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The Christmas Banquet | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| September 2022 |
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Christmas Gothic Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 232 |