Fettes, a medical student, discovers that some of the corpses that his fellow students dissect are procured by murder, thanks to the classroom assistant MacFarlane. Fettes does not quit his studies. Then he and MacFarlane make a nighttime trip to the cemetery...
First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra" 13 (Dec 1884),
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| 1895 | The Body-Snatcher | Merriam Co. | Chapbook | ||
| 1905 | Tales and Fantasies | Chatto & Windus | Collection | ||
| 1905 | Tales and Fantasies | Tauchnitz | Collection | |2 | |
| 1923 | The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Charles Scribner's Sons | Collection | |14 | |
| October 1924 |
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Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 329 |
| 1928 | The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Gollancz | Collection | 1037 | |
| June 1932 | The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Gollancz | Collection | 1037 | |
| 1936 |
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Uncanny Stories | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Anthology | |
| 1945 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| 1947 | Selected Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson | Random House | Omnibus | |7 | |
| August 1950 | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories | Coward-McCann | Collection | |7 | |
| 1956 |
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Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories | Vanguard Recording Society | Anthology | |6 |
| 1959 |
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The Haunted Looking Glass | Epstein & Carroll | Anthology | 117 |
| 1959 |
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Ghosts, Ghouls and Other Nuisances | Seven Seas Publishers | Anthology | 144 |
| 1961 |
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Tales of Terror | Horwitz | Anthology | 72 |
| July 1962 |
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Tales of the Supernatural | Panther | Anthology | 92 |
| 1963 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | |
| 1963 | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | ||
| December 1963 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 186 |
| December 1963 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 186 |
| 1965 |
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Great Tales of Mystery and Adventure | Platt & Munk | Collection | 301 |
| February 1966 |
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Great Stories of Mystery and Imagination | Fontana | Anthology | 7 |
| March 1966 |
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Where Nightmares Are | Mayflower-Dell | Anthology | 19 |
| October 1966 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 186 |
| October 1966 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 132 |
| April 1968 |
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Great Stories of Mystery and Imagination | Fontana / Collins | Anthology | 7 |
| June 1969 | The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels | Doubleday | Omnibus | 419 | |
| October 1969 |
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Where Nightmares Are | Mayflower | Anthology | 19 |
| 1970 |
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The Suicide Club and Other Stories | Pergamon Press | Collection | |2 |
| 1971 |
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Tales of Terror | Vanguard Recording Society | Anthology | |12 |
| February 1971 |
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The Ghouls | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 196 |
| April 1971 |
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The Ghouls | Stein and Day | Anthology | 193 |
| June 1971 |
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The Ghouls | Stein and Day / BCE | Anthology | 196 |
| 1972 |
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Scottish Tales of Terror | Fontana | Anthology | 26 |
| February 1972 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | ||
| April 1972 |
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The Ghouls | Pocket Books | Anthology | 196 |
| October 1972 |
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Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations | Gollancz | Anthology | 15 |
| 1973 |
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Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages | Taplinger | Anthology | 15 |
| 1973 |
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Where Nightmares Are | David Bruce & Watson | Anthology | 19 |
| April 1973 |
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Lo strano caso del Dr. Jekyll e di Mr. Hyde | Del bosco | Collection | 121 |
| September 1973 |
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Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations | Gollancz | Anthology | 15 |
| 1974 |
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Horrorscope: Volumen 1 | Alfaguara | Anthology | 229 |
| 1974 |
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17 Horror-Stories | Heyne | Anthology | 131 |
| October 1974 |
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The Ghouls: Book Two | Orbit | Anthology | 13 |
| 1975 |
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Masters of the Macabre | Doubleday | Anthology | 183 |
| 1975 |
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Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations | Peacock Books / Penguin | Anthology | 13 |
| 1975 | Masters of the Macabre | Doubleday | Anthology | 183 | |
| 1976 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | John Calder | Collection | 11 |
| March 1976 |
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Some Things Weird and Wicked | Pantheon Books | Anthology | 87 |
| October 1976 |
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Classic Tales of Horror | Constable & Co. Ltd. | Anthology | 161 |
| August 1977 |
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Some Things Weird and Wicked | Bantam Books | Anthology | 75 |
| October 1977 |
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Reign of Terror: The 3rd Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories | Corgi Books | Anthology | 94 |
| November 1977 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Riverrun Press | Collection | |1 |
| February 1978 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 9 |
| February 1978 |
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Great Tales of the Supernatural | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 98 |
| November 1978 |
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Psyco, November 1978 | Armenia Editore | MAGAZINE | 112 |
| 1979 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 593 |
| May 1979 |
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Scottish Tales of Terror | Fontana | Anthology | 26 |
| 1980 |
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Famous Tales of Terror | Watermill Press | Anthology | 1 |
| 1980 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Sundial | Anthology | 593 |
| September 1980 | Selected Short Stories of R.L. Stevenson | The Ramsay Head Press | Collection | 98 | |
| August 1981 |
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Bastei Lübbe | Collection | 99 |
| October 1981 |
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Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New | Doubleday | Anthology | 513 |
| November 1981 |
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The Arbor House Necropolis | Priam Books / Arbor House | Omnibus | 525 |
| November 1981 |
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Al cinema con il mostro. Volume secondo | Mondadori | Anthology | 9 |
| 1982 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | Anthology | 593 |
| 1982 | 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 593 | |
| May 1982 |
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Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 513 |
| March 1983 |
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Where Nightmares Are | Severn House | Anthology | 19 |
| 1984 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 142 |
| 1984 |
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Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass | Avenel Books | Anthology | 117 |
| 1984 |
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Pesadillas de celuloide | Forum (Spain) | Anthology | 41 |
| 1985 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 142 |
| October 1985 | The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | ||
| September 1986 |
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Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories | Blackie | Anthology | 9 |
| September 1986 |
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Tales of the Dead | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Omnibus | 525 |
| October 1986 |
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Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories | Peter Bedrick Books | Anthology | 9 |
| October 1986 |
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Entre chien et loup: anthologie de la peur | Maren Sell | Anthology | 49 |
| 1987 |
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Tales of the Dead | Book Club Associates | Omnibus | 525 |
| October 1987 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 142 |
| 1988 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Bodysnatchers | Purnell | Collection | |
| February 1988 | The Body Snatcher and Other Stories | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 1 | |
| April 1989 |
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Anthologie de la peur: Entre chien et loup | Seuil | Anthology | 47 |
| April 1989 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Bodysnatchers | Peter Bedrick Books | Collection | |
| May 1989 |
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No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film | Penguin Books | Anthology | 46 |
| January 1990 |
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Intensive Scare | DAW Books | Anthology | 66 |
| April 1990 |
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Schock & Schreck | Bastei Lübbe | Anthology | 331 |
| 1991 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic | Collection | 167 |
| 1991 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology | |
| 1991 |
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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 303 |
| 1991 |
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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 303 |
| August 1991 | The Collected Shorter Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson | Robinson | Collection | 325 | |
| September 1991 |
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The Complete Shorter Fiction | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 325 |
| October 1991 | Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press / BOMC | Anthology | ||
| October 1991 |
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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 303 |
| 1992 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Everyman's Library (UK) | Collection | |2 |
| 1992 |
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Great Vampires & Other Horrors | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 488 |
| 1992 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 81 | |
| May 1992 |
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Great Tales of the Supernatural | J. M. Dent | Anthology | 98 |
| October 1992 |
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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press | Anthology | |
| October 1992 | Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology | Oxford University Press / QPBC | Anthology | ||
| October 1992 |
|
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 13 |
| December 1992 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 78 |
| 1993 |
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Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New | Longmeadow Press | Anthology | 513 |
| 1993 |
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Das vierte Buch des Horrors | Heyne | Anthology | 49 |
| October 1993 | A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories | Little, Brown UK | Anthology | 288 | |
| November 1993 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 113 |
| December 1993 |
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The Complete Shorter Fiction | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 325 |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 1:419|419 | |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 1:419|419 | |
| April 1994 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Robinson | Anthology | 113 |
| April 1994 |
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The Ghouls | Bounty Books | Anthology | 196 |
| August 1994 |
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Tales from the Rogues' Gallery | Little, Brown UK | Anthology | 59 |
| August 1994 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Courage Books | Collection | 79 | |
| October 1994 |
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A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories | Warner Books UK | Anthology | 288 |
| 1995 |
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Three Tales of Horror | Penguin Books | Anthology | 26 |
| 1995 |
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Tales from the Rogues' Gallery | Warner Books UK | Anthology | 59 |
| July 1995 |
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The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 17 |
| October 1995 |
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Horror Stories | Penguin Audio | Anthology | |
| 1996 |
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Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al | Viking Canada | Anthology | 143 |
| February 1996 | Tales and Fantasies | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| July 1996 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 13 |
| November 1996 |
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Konemann | Collection | |
| 1997 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Reader's Digest | Anthology | 433 |
| 1997 |
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Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales | The Folio Society | Anthology | |
| November 1997 |
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The Body Snatcher | Books of Wonder | Chapbook | |
| 1998 |
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Classic Ghost Stories | Dover Publications | Anthology | 86 |
| 1998 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels | Da Capo Press | Omnibus | 419 |
| February 1998 |
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The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres | Heinemann | Anthology | 164 |
| 1999 |
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Masters of the Macabre | Book-of-the-Month Club | Anthology | 43 |
| December 1999 |
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Nightfall: Body Snatchers | DH Audio | Anthology | |
| December 1999 |
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The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume I | Audio Connoisseur | Collection | tape 3 |
| March 2000 |
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El diablo de la botella y otros cuentos | Alianza Editorial | Collection | 7 |
| July 2000 |
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The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 69 |
| 2001 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic | Collection | 167 |
| 2001 |
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The Library of Classic Horror Stories | Courage Books | Anthology | |
| 2001 |
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Classic Tales of the Supernatural | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | 397 |
| March 2001 |
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The Haunted Looking Glass | New York Review of Books | Anthology | |
| May 2001 |
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Chills and Thrills: Tales of Terror and Enchantment | Key Porter Kids / Key Porter Books | Anthology | 27 |
| November 2001 |
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The Body Snatcher and Other Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | 1 |
| 2002 |
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Great Vampire Stories | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 488 |
| 2002 |
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Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural | Gramercy Books | Anthology | 397 |
| 2002 | Gothic Short Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | ||
| 2002 |
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Los mejores relatos de terror llevados al cine | Alfaguara | Anthology | 10 |
| May 2002 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror | Penguin Books | Collection | 71 |
| 2003 |
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The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 303 |
| 2003 |
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The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 69 |
| 2003 |
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The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres | Heinemann | Anthology | 164 |
| September 2003 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror | Penguin Books | Collection | 71 |
| October 2003 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | 214 |
| 2004 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |
| 2004 |
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Murder Most Scottish | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 496 |
| March 2004 |
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The World's Greatest Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 113 |
| December 2004 |
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The Suicide Club & Other Dark Adventures | Tartarus Press | Collection | 215 |
| January 2005 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |4 |
| June 2005 |
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Ghost Stories | Miles Kelly Publishing | Anthology | 12 |
| September 2007 |
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Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two | Bloody Books | Anthology | 223 |
| October 2007 |
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Gothic Short Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 124 |
| 2008 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Fall River Press | Anthology | 135 |
| May 2008 |
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 67 |
| September 2008 |
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Ghost Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Anthology | 9 |
| September 2008 |
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Ghost Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Anthology | 9 |
| February 2009 |
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Scottish Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 535 |
| March 2009 |
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Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 2 | LibriVox | Anthology | |3 |
| July 2009 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Strange Tales | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 71 |
| April 2010 | The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Calder Publications Ltd | Collection | 11 | |
| April 2010 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Oneworld Classics | Collection | |
| September 2010 |
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Best Ghost Stories | Collector's Library / CRW Publishing | Anthology | 115 |
| December 2010 |
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Das rote Zimmer | Festa | Anthology | 193 |
| 2011 |
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The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories | Fall River Press | Anthology | 90 |
| 2011 |
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Los mejores relatos de terror llevados al cine | Alfaguara | Anthology | |
| April 2011 |
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The Body-Snatcher | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| November 2011 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Terrifying Tales | Fall River Press | Collection | 277 |
| October 2012 |
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The Body Snatcher and Other Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| November 2012 |
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The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Miniature Masterpieces | Collection | |
| December 2012 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Including Two Novellas 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' and 'The Beach of Falesa', One Novelette 'Olalla' and Ten Short Stories of the Macabre and Unusual | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| December 2012 |
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The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Including Two Novellas 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' and 'The Beach of Falesa', One Novelette 'Olalla' and Ten Short Stories of the Macabre and Unusual | Leonaur Ltd | Collection | |
| 2013 |
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World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |22 |
| April 2013 |
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The Body-Snatcher | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| May 2014 |
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Blessings from the Condemned: A Horror Legacy | Darkness & Despair | Anthology | 73 |
| October 2014 |
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Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 190 |
| August 2015 |
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Chilling Horror | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 395 |
| December 2015 |
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The Body Snatcher | MysteriousPress.com / Open Road | Chapbook | |
| September 2016 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Sterling Publishing | Collection | 186 |
| September 2016 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Alma Classics | Collection | 186 |
| October 2016 |
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Ghost Stories | Scholastic Press | Anthology | |
| November 2016 |
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Chilling Horror | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |395 |
| December 2016 |
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Il trafugatore di salme | Mattioli 1885 | Chapbook | |
| February 2017 |
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Der Leichenkönig | Festa | Chapbook | 197 |
| April 2017 |
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Classic Horror Tales | Canterbury Classics | Anthology | |13 |
| July 2017 |
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Ghostly Tales | Chronicle Books | Anthology | 73 |
| October 2017 |
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The Big Book of Rogues and Villains | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 26 |
| October 2017 |
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El ladrón de cadáveres | Flash Relatos | Chapbook | |
| November 2017 |
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The Classic Horror Collection | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |22 |
| January 2018 |
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HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |9 |
| January 2018 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Collins Crime Club | Novel | |
| January 2018 |
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HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |9 |
| March 2018 |
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The Classic Horror Collection | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |22 |
| May 2018 |
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The Classic Horror Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |22 |
| July 2018 |
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Lovecrafts dunkle Idole Band I & II | Festa | Omnibus | |300 |
| September 2019 |
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A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic | Collins | Anthology | |14 |
| September 2019 |
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A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales & Poems of the Gothic | Collins | Anthology | |14 |
| September 2019 |
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Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science | The British Library | Anthology | 139 |
| September 2019 |
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Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science | The British Library | Anthology | |139 |
| October 2019 |
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Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science | The British Library | Anthology | 139 |
| July 2020 |
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Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters: The Original Short Stories That Became 8 Classic Horror Films | Strange Particle Press / Digital Parchment Press | Anthology | |3 |
| July 2021 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Collins | Collection | 117 |
| March 2022 |
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Cosmic Horror Monthly, March 2022 | Cosmic Horror Monthly | MAGAZINE | 66 |
| August 2023 |
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Robert Louis Stevenson Collection | Flame Tree Press | Omnibus | 47 |
| September 2023 |
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Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks | British Library Publishing | Anthology | 15 |
| October 2023 |
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Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection | Audible Originals | Anthology | |8 |
| March 2025 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | |
| December 2025 |
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Supernatural Tales | Alma Books | Omnibus | |7 |