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The Story of the Unknown Church

William Morris

First published January 1856
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The ghost of a long-dead stonemason recalls the building of a beautiful church, now lost to time; and how the small personal tragedy of his family is interwoven with the grand church's completion.

First published in the January 1856 issue of The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. William Morris's first published story.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1856 The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, January 1856 Bell and Daldy MAGAZINE 28
1902 The Story of the Unknown Church, and Other Tales Thomas B. Mosher Collection
1903 The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine Longmans, Green and Co. Collection 1
1904 The Story of the Unknown Church, and Lindenborg Pool J. Thomson Collection
1906 The World of Romance, Being Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 J. Thomson Collection
1907 The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 141
1913 Prose and Poetry (1856-1870) Oxford University Press Collection 2
1923 William Morris Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 367
1934 Stories in Prose, Stories in Verse, Shorter Poems, Lectures and Essays Nonesuch Press Collection |4
March 1976 Cover Golden Wings and Other Stories Newcastle Publishing Collection 1
1980 Golden Wings and Other Stories Borgo Press Collection 1
March 1990 Cover Die Sirene und andere phantastische Erzählungen Suhrkamp Anthology 93
2001 Cover Classic Tales of the Supernatural Arcturus Publishing Anthology 131
2002 Cover Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural Gramercy Books Anthology 131
2004 Cover News from Nowhere and Other Writings Penguin Books Collection 3
March 2006 The World of Romance, Being Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 Project Gutenberg Collection
June 2010 Cover The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine Forgotten Books Collection 1