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The Adventure of the German Student

Washington Irving

First published 1939
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman

Synopsis

A German student in Paris during the Terrors of the Revolution befriends a woman he finds weeping in the street one night, but the next morning has a terrible surprise.

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Publications (55)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1939 The Story Survey J. B. Lippincott Anthology 37
1947 Cover Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants Thomas Y. Crowell Anthology 178
1964 Cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories Airmont Books Collection 119
1965 Famous Tales of the Fantastic Arthur Barker Anthology 199
October 1965 Famous Tales of the Fantastic Hill and Wang Anthology 201
February 1967 Cover Rod Serling's Devils and Demons Bantam Books Anthology 129
February 1967 Cover Rod Serling's Devils and Demons Bantam Books Anthology 129
March 1971 Cover Rod Serling's Devils and Demons Bantam Books Anthology 129
1972 Cover Gothic Tales of Terror: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, Europe, and the United States, 1765-1840 Taplinger Anthology 857
November 1972 Cover Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 Gollancz Anthology |424
1973 Cover Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States Penguin Books (US) Anthology 424
August 1973 Cover Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 Penguin Books Anthology
1974 Cover Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume Two: Classic Horror Stories from Europe and the United States Penguin Books (US) Anthology 424
1976 Cover Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 2
June 1980 Cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories Airmont Books Collection 119
August 1980 50 Great American Short Stories Bantam Books Anthology 2
1982 Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural Stemmer House Collection
1982 Cover Washington Irving's Tales of the Supernatural Stemmer House Collection 139
1983 Cover Great Tales of Terror from Europe and America: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance, 1765-1840 Penguin Books Anthology 424
May 1983 Cover Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century Beaufort Books Anthology 13
1985 Cover Great Ghost Stories Little Simon Anthology 93
1985 Cover Great Ghost Stories Julian Messner Anthology 93
September 1986 Cover Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 36
October 1986 Cover Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories Peter Bedrick Books Anthology 36
March 1991 Cover Back from the Dead DAW Books Anthology 173
1993 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 12
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 12
1995 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 12
1997 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 12
1999 Cover Masters of the Macabre Book-of-the-Month Club Anthology 5
January 2000 Cover Dread, Winter 2000 Rampant Moose Publishing MAGAZINE 50
September 2000 Cover One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre Ballantine Books Anthology 119
2003 Cover Classic Horror Stories: Sixteen Legendary Stories of the Supernatural Lyons Press Anthology 43
2003 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 12
2004 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 12
2007 Cover Haunted Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 190
June 2007 Cover Haunted Bardfield Press / Miles Kelly Publishing Anthology 190
October 2007 Cover American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology 3
October 2007 Cover American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology
2009 Cover American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps The Library of America Anthology 21
2010 Cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Macabre Tales Fall River Press Collection |5.1
October 2010 Cover The Book of the Living Dead Berkley Books Anthology 271
September 2011 Cover The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology Bottletree Books Anthology 13
June 2012 Cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories Dover Publications Collection |8
September 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 469
October 2012 Cover Haunted Galaxy Anthology |190
December 2012 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |469
April 2013 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 20 LibriVox Anthology |16
October 2013 Cover American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology 3
2014 Cover Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror Fall River Press Anthology 154
January 2015 Cover The Fifth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts Wildside Press Anthology
March 2016 Cover Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales Fall River Press Anthology 6
May 2018 Cover The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, & Other Gothic Tales: The Best Ghost Stories and Folk Horror of Washington Irving Oldstyle Tales Press Collection 193
November 2018 Cover Lost Souls Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
June 2020 Cover The Big Book of Ghost Stories Highbridge / Recorded Books Anthology |469