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The Beautiful Suit

H. G. Wells

First published April 1909
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A young boy gets a very fine handcrafted suit as a gift from his mother, but is allowed to wear it only on very few occasions. One night he decides to wear it and goes out for a stroll ...

First published in the US weekly magazine Collier's, 1909-04-10 p. 13, as "A Moonlight Fable: The Little Man and His Gleaming Suit". --The FictionMags Index (FictionMags reports no other publication. The source as first publication is unknown.)
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1909 Cover Collier's, April 10, 1909 P. F. Collier & Son MAGAZINE 13
August 1911 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 569
November 1911 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Mitchell Kennerley Collection |5
November 1911 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection |5
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 569
1914 Le Pays des aveugles Mercure de France Collection 259
January 1915 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection
1923 Cover The Country of the Blind Haldeman-Julius Collection 57
1923 Cover Tales of Wonder W. Collins Sons Collection 245
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
January 1926 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Tauchnitz Collection |3
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
1927 The Time Machine and Other Stories Ernest Benn Collection |5
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
1929 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
1930 Cover Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis Zsolnay Collection |5
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 135
1937 The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 135
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 135
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 135
September 1940 Cover Short Stories: First Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 193
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 158
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 139
September 1964 Cover Magazine of Horror, September 1964 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 74
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1965 Cover The Cone Fontana Collection 34
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 139
1969 Cover Der gestohlene Bazillus und acht andere Erzählungen Diogenes Collection 241
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 139
1980 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection |5
July 1980 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection 91
September 1980 Cover Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis Zsolnay Collection 79
October 1982 Cover Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis Ullstein Collection 79
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 139
September 1990 Cover The Empire of the Ants and Other Short Stories / L'Empire des fourmis et autres nouvelles Le Livre de Poche Collection 281
September 1990 Cover The Empire of the Ants and Other Short Stories / L'Empire des fourmis et autres nouvelles Le Livre de Poche Collection 281
October 1996 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |33
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 621
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |33
July 2005 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |5
January 2006 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |33
December 2006 Cover The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 310
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
June 2009 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 3 LibriVox Anthology |1
March 2010 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 383
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
June 2010 Cast Macabre, CM7 Wolfsbane Publishing MAGAZINE
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 675
September 2011 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14 LibriVox Anthology |8
January 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 288
July 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 565
August 2013 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
June 2014 Cover Short Science Fiction Collection 50 LibriVox Anthology |8
January 2017 Cover The Crystal Egg and Other Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 401
April 2017 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |33
November 2018 Cover H.G. Wells: Timeless Adventures from the Father of Science Fiction Prion / Carlton Omnibus 617
October 2019 Cover Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy The British Library Anthology 155
July 2024 Cover Universos Peculiares Editora Wish Collection |3
November 2024 Cover Moon Falling: Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 270