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The Criminal

J. D. Beresford

First published 1918
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man is put on trial, who is universally thought to be the greatest o all criminals—responsible for more death and misery than Napoleon or captains of industry—and universally hated. He is The mysterious thing is that there are no depictions of him and the public is carefully kept from seeing him. The narrator and a friend attempt to get first descriptions, then a photorgaph of him.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1918 Cover Nineteen Impressions Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 25
1946 Cover Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy Whittlesey House Anthology 74
1969 Nineteen Impressions Books for Libraries Press Collection 25