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Berenice

Edgar Allan Poe

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

  • First published under this title in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
  • No real fantasy or SF elements other than Poe's usual Gothic horror.

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Publications (163)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 437
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 437
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 437
1880 Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose W. J. Widdleton Collection 324
1884 The Assignation and Other Tales John W. Lovell Collection |6
1895 Weird Tales Henry Altemus Company Collection 135
1902 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection |10
1903 Prose Tales of Mystery and Imagination Grosset & Dunlap Collection |10
1903 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2 (Raven Edition) P. F. Collier & Son Collection 360
October 1903 The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe A. C. McClurg & Co. Collection 347
1905 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 5 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Short Stories D. M. MacLellan Book Co. Collection
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1915 Fantastic Tales Tauchnitz Collection
1919 Tales of Mystery and Imagination George G. Harrap & Co. Collection |2
1920 The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories J. H. Sears Collection
1926 Tales Psychological and Gruesome Haldeman-Julius Collection
1927 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Charles Scribner's Sons Collection |3
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 313
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 313
July 1931 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1046
1932 The Second Omnibus of Crime Coward-McCann Anthology
April 1932 Weird Tales, April 1932 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 567|567.2
July 1932 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1046
1933 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Tudor Publishing Company Collection 20
1934 A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 537
1934 A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 537
1935 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. B. Lippincott Collection
1935 Tales of Mystery and Imagination George G. Harrap & Co. Collection
1936 The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries Odhams Press Anthology 728
1936 A Century of Ghost Stories Hutchinson Anthology 989
January 1937 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1046
1938 The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 642
June 1939 The Second Omnibus of Crime: The World's Great Crime Stories Blue Ribbon Books Anthology
1941 Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Limited Editions Club Collection |12
1941 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Heritage Press Collection 141
1944 Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |15
1944 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Random House Collection |23
1945 The Best of Edgar Allan Poe Royce Publishers Collection 56
1945 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |14
1945 Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |15
1948 Appointment with Fear Fenmore Publications Anthology 107
January 1948 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1046
February 1949 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1046
1950 The Indispensable Edgar Allan Poe Book Society Collection |14
1950 Selected Prose and Poetry Rinehart Collection |14
1951 Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 83
1952 Selected Short Stories Fine Editions Press Collection |15
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 219
1957 Best Horror Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 69
1957 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |14
1958 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Heritage Press Collection 141
1961 Spine Chillers: An Anthology of Mystery and Horror Elek Books Anthology 39
1961 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Digit Books Collection
1961 Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 268
1961 Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 268
June 1961 Adam, June 1961 Knight Publishing Corp. MAGAZINE
1962 Best Horror Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 69
1962 Tales of Horror Horwitz Anthology 51
1962 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 175
1963 The Vampire Neville Spearman Anthology 114
1963 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Whitman Publishing Company Collection
1963 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 175
1964 No Such Thing As a Vampire Corgi Books Anthology 50
1964 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute Collection |6
1965 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Whitman Publishing Company Collection 111
1965 The Vampire Pan Books Anthology 125
1965 A Chamber of Horrors Little, Brown Anthology 57
October 1965 A Chamber of Horrors Studio Vista Anthology 57
1966 Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 171
1966 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 171
1967 A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology
1967 A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology
1967 Bizarre and Arabesque: A New Anthology of Tales, Poems and Prose Panther Collection 123
1969 Selected Tales Heron Books Collection |6
1970 Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' Hutchinson Anthology 309
1970 Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe Perennial Classic / Harper & Row Collection 152
June 1970 Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' Arrow Books Anthology 309
December 1970 A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology 53
1971 Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. VI CMS Collection |1
March 1971 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 175
1972 The Vampire Pan Books Anthology 125
1973 The Nightmare Reader Doubleday & Company Anthology 69
August 1973 The Nightmare Reader Gollancz Anthology 69
1975 Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Easton Press Collection 141
1975 The Imp of the Perverse and Other Tales Caedmon Collection |3
September 1975 The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 642
1976 The Nightmare Reader Volume One Pan Books Anthology 88
1976 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Weathervane Books Collection 178
July 1977 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 175
1979 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe The Franklin Library Collection 35
1981 The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
1982 Specter! Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
August 1982 Specter!: A Chrestomathy of "Spookery" Arbor House Anthology 23
1983 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 8
1984 Chamber of Horrors Octopus Books Anthology 319
August 1984 Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 225
1985 Chamber of Horrors Octopus Books Anthology 319
1985 Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 8
1986 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Octopus Books Collection
1987 Tales of Mystery and Imagination The Franklin Library Collection 35
1987 Chamber of Horrors Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 319
1988 Visions of Poe Webb & Bower Collection 60
November 1988 Visions of Poe Alfred A. Knopf Collection 60
1991 Great Tales of the Supernatural Chancellor Press Anthology 634
March 1991 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 171
September 1991 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Books of Wonder / William Morrow Collection 293
1992 The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 642
February 1992 Lovers & Other Monsters GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 369
March 1992 The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast Dedalus Anthology 225
1993 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 33
September 1993 Lovers & Other Monsters Longmeadow Press Anthology 369
1994 Mysteries: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology
1994 Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 225
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 33
December 1994 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 27
1995 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 33
August 1995 Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories Tor Anthology 208
September 1996 Mysterious Erotic Tales Castle Books Anthology 217
1997 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 33
1997 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 27
July 1997 Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories Tor Anthology 208
1998 The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library Modern Library Anthology 90
January 1998 Dread, Winter 1998 Rampant Moose Publishing MAGAZINE 47
April 1998 Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 13
October 1999 Dead Brides: Vampire Tales Creation Books Collection 29
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection
October 2000 The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection HarperAudio Collection |4
2002 Gothic Short Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology
2002 Great Ghost Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 634
October 2002 Edgar Allan Poe's Dark Dreams Wormhole Books Collection
October 2002 Edgar Allan Poe's Dark Dreams Wormhole Books Collection
2003 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 33
2004 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 33
2005 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 27
October 2007 Gothic Short Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 52
April 2008 Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 13
July 2008 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Chartwell Books Collection 23
September 2008 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Calla Editions Collection 20
2009 American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps The Library of America Anthology 27
March 2009 Poe After Dark: 18 Tales of Mystery, Madness, and the Macabre Coachwhip Publications Collection 17
May 2009 The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 412
November 2009 Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 581
May 2010 The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 412
September 2010 The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Sterling Publishing Collection
February 2011 Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 12 LibriVox Anthology |5
September 2011 Zoetrope: All-Story, Fall 2011 AZX Publications MAGAZINE 84
September 2012 Poe Forevermore, Autumn 2012 Damfino Media MAGAZINE
January 2013 Dead Brides: Vampiric Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Creation Oneiros Collection
February 2013 Six Creepy Tales LibriVox Collection |6
September 2014 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arcturus Publishing Collection 23
August 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 18
September 2017 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Alfred A. Knopf Collection 223
September 2017 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Alfred A. Knopf Collection 223
November 2017 Horror Short Stories Arcturus Publishing Anthology
March 2018 Horror Short Stories Arcturus Publishing Anthology
December 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection |18
2019 Weird Tales (disc 3, part 1) Anthology 567|31904567.2
July 2019 American Gothic Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
September 2019 A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic Collins Anthology |5
September 2019 A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic Collins Anthology |5
November 2019 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arcturus Publishing Collection 23
July 2023 The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird The British Library Anthology 237