The Familiar
| First published | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Novelette |
| Series | Martin Hesselius |
A minor revision of "The Watcher," (1851) first published in the collection In a Glass, Darkly.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872 | In a Glass Darkly | Richard Bentley & Son | Omnibus | 97 | |
| 1907 | Green Tea | George Newnes | Collection | |2 | |
| 1923 | In a Glass Darkly | Eveleigh Nash & Grayson | Omnibus | 55 | |
| November 1929 | In a Glass Darkly | Peter Davies | Omnibus | 49 | |
| 1932 |
|
More Great Ghost Stories | Herbert Jenkins | Anthology | 128 |
| 1935 |
|
A Century of Thrillers: Second Series | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 799 |
| 1935 |
|
50 Years of Ghost Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 13 |
| 1936 |
|
A Century of Ghost Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 13 |
| March 1942 |
|
The Midnight Reader | Henry Holt & Co. | Anthology | 258 |
| 1945 |
|
Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories | Arkham House | Collection | 319 |
| 1946 |
|
The Mandrake Root | Jarrolds | Anthology | 163 |
| 1946 | The Mandrake Root | Progress Books | Anthology | 163 | |
| 1946 | The Mandrake Root | Universal Distributors | Anthology | 163 | |
| 1947 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | John Lehmann | Collection | 46 |
| October 1947 |
|
The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories | Pocket Books | Anthology | 258 |
| 1960 |
|
The Midnight Reader (abridged) | World / WDL Books | Anthology | 137 |
| 1960 |
|
Carmilla | Denoël | Collection | 127 |
| 1962 |
|
Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 201 |
| July 1962 |
|
Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 201 |
| 1964 |
|
Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Le Fanu | Dover Publications | Collection | 208 |
| March 1966 |
|
Where Nightmares Are | Mayflower-Dell | Anthology | 83 |
| 1967 |
|
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique | Planète | Anthology | 237 |
| October 1969 |
|
Where Nightmares Are | Mayflower | Anthology | 83 |
| 1970 |
|
Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' | Hutchinson | Anthology | 9 |
| June 1970 |
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Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories' | Arrow Books | Anthology | 9 |
| November 1970 |
|
The Best Horror Stories | Sphere | Collection | 60 |
| February 1972 |
|
Carmilla | Denoël | Collection | 127 |
| 1973 |
|
Where Nightmares Are | David Bruce & Watson | Anthology | 83 |
| 1974 |
|
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Anthology | 76 |
| 1974 |
|
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Anthology | 76 |
| 1979 |
|
Irish Masters of Fantasy | Wolfhound Press | Anthology | 65 |
| March 1983 |
|
Where Nightmares Are | Severn House | Anthology | 83 |
| February 1988 |
|
The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales | Wolfhound Press | Anthology | 65 |
| August 1988 |
|
The Illustrated J.S. Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries by a Master Victorian Storyteller | Crucible / Equation | Collection | 41 |
| July 1990 |
|
Ghost and Horror Stories | Tynron Press | Anthology | 179 |
| 1993 | In a Glass Darkly | Oxford University Press | Omnibus | 41 | |
| October 1993 |
|
Carmilla | Denoël | Collection | 137 |
| 1999 |
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Le mystérieux locataire: et autres histoires d'esprits forts | Librairie José Corti | Collection | |
| April 2001 |
|
Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James | The British Library | Anthology | 1 |
| 2005 |
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In a Glass Darkly | Aegypan | Omnibus | |
| 2005 |
|
Irish Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 41 |
| March 2005 |
|
Mr Justice Harbottle and Others: Ghost Stories 1870–73 | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 151 |
| August 2007 |
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In a Glass Darkly | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | |2 |
| November 2008 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Cosimo Classics | Omnibus | |2 |
| 2009 | In a Glass Darkly | The Floating Press | Omnibus | ||
| January 2009 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Dodo Press | Omnibus | |2 |
| November 2009 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Faber and Faber | Omnibus | 49 |
| January 2010 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Nabu Press | Omnibus | |2 |
| June 2010 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Digireads.com | Omnibus | |2 |
| October 2010 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Benediction Classics | Omnibus | |
| August 2011 | In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| April 2012 |
|
The Mandrake Root | Kosta Press | Anthology | |
| March 2014 |
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In a Glass Darkly | Flame Tree 451 | Omnibus | |
| July 2015 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Naxos Audiobooks | Omnibus | |2 |
| August 2016 |
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Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Ghost Anthology | Bottletree Books | Anthology | |4 |
| August 2018 |
|
In a Glass Darkly | Broadview Press | Omnibus | |
| October 2019 |
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In a Glass Darkly | Jaunt Classics | Omnibus | |
| October 2019 |
|
The Tiled House | Collins Crime Club | Collection | |4 |
| December 2019 |
|
The Tiled House | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | |4 |
| September 2020 |
|
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 88 |
| October 2022 |
|
50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 2) | e-artnow | Omnibus | |
| February 2023 |
|
In einem dunklen Spiegel | Festa | Omnibus | 63 |
| February 2025 |
|
Horror Stories | Flame Tree Press | Collection | 117 |