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The Withered Arm

Thomas Hardy

First published January 1888
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A young woman's arm begins to wither as the result of an accidental curse by her new husband's former lover.

Notes

First published in Blackwood's, January 1888.

External Links

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1888 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, January 1888 William Blackwood & Sons MAGAZINE
1918 Great Ghost Stories Dodd, Mead & Co. Anthology 246
1919 Wessex Tales Macmillan and Co. Collection
1933 The Ghost Story Omnibus Dodd, Mead & Co. Omnibus
1971 Great Ghost Stories Books for Libraries Press Anthology 246
1974 A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Roger Schlesinger Anthology 185
September 1975 A Little Night Reading Orbit / Futura Anthology 185
September 1977 The Best Horror Stories Hamlyn Anthology 63
March 1978 Chilling and Killing Houghton Mifflin Anthology 63
1982 Wessex Tales Macmillan UK Collection 65
1983 The Distracted Preacher: and Other Tales Penguin Books Collection 134
1984 The Best Horror Stories Hamlyn Anthology 63
June 1987 Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense Robert Hale Anthology 127
September 1987 Charles Keeping's Classic Tales of the Macabre Blackie Anthology 95
December 1988 The Supernatural Tales of Thomas Hardy W. Foulsham & Co. Collection 142
1989 The Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 505
March 1989 The Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 505
April 1990 The Best Horror Stories (abridged) Mallard Press Anthology 57
September 1990 The Best Horror Stories (abridged) Ivy Leaf Anthology 57
1999 Masters of the Macabre Book-of-the-Month Club Anthology 77
2001 Classic Tales of the Supernatural Arcturus Publishing Anthology 471
2002 Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural Gramercy Books Anthology 471
February 2002 Wessex Tales Project Gutenberg Collection
April 2006 Classic Tales of Horror Bloody Books Anthology 128
March 2007 Ghost Story Collection 3 LibriVox Anthology |9
May 2007 Wessex Tales Dodo Press Collection
March 2011 The Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters Wildside Press Anthology
July 2012 Wessex Tales Acheron Press Collection
June 2019 Nota do Tradutor, June 2019 Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital MAGAZINE
September 2021 Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology Unbound Anthology |4
September 2021 Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology Unbound Anthology |4
March 2022 Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology Unbound Anthology |4