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The Mysterious Lodger

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Originally published in Dublin University Magazine, 1850 according to E. F. Bleiler in Ghost Stories and Mysteries.
E. F. Bleiler claims (in the intro to Ghost Stories and Mysteries) that although M. R. James attributed this story (published anonymously, like many of Le Fanu's short works) to Le Fanu, it is unlikely it was really written by him, considering the style and topic.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 Dublin University Magazine, January 1850 MAGAZINE 54
February 1850 Dublin University Magazine, February 1850 MAGAZINE 225
1975 Cover Ghost Stories and Mysteries Dover Publications Collection 332
1975 Cover The Purcell Papers Arkham House Collection 173
1982 Cover Le mystérieux locataire Néo Collection 141
1999 Cover Le mystérieux locataire: et autres histoires d'esprits forts Librairie José Corti Collection
August 2002 Cover Schalken the Painter and Others: Ghost Stories 1838–61 Ash-Tree Press Collection 129
June 2004 J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 Project Gutenberg Collection
April 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 7 Leonaur Ltd Collection
April 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 7 Leonaur Ltd Collection
September 2012 Cover Ghost Stories and Mysteries Dover Publications Collection 332