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The Sire de Malétroit's Door

Robert Louis Stevenson

First published 1882
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In the middle of the Thirty Year's War, Denis, a young man trying to escape an armed patrol stumbles into a worse peril when the Sire de Malétroit mistakes him for the man who slept with his daughter and says Denis must marry her or die.

First published in the magazine Temple Bar, January 1878.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1882 Cover New Arabian Nights Chatto & Windus Collection |10
1930 Two Medieval Tales The Limited Editions Club Collection |3
1941 The Best Known Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Halcyon House Omnibus
1941 The Best Known Works of Robert Louis Stevenson The Book League of America Omnibus
1945 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection
1946 Cover The Tales of Tusitala: A Selection of the Best Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Art & Educational Publishers Collection
1946 Cover Strange Stories: The Last Seven Art & Educational Publishers Anthology 5
August 1950 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories Coward-McCann Collection |4
1951 The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books Collection
1951 Cover Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books Collection
1951 Cover Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books Collection
1951 Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books Collection
1954 Cover The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Pocket Books Collection
1961 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Famous Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 168
1961 Cover The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Washington Square Press Collection 199
1963 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection
October 1963 Cover The Suicide Club and Other Stories Peacock Books / Penguin Collection |10
1964 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Suicide Club Arco Publishing Omnibus
1965 Cover Great Tales of Mystery and Adventure Platt & Munk Collection 105
June 1969 The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels Doubleday Omnibus 231
1970 Cover The Suicide Club and Other Stories Pergamon Press Collection |5
April 1974 Cover The Suicide Club and Other Stories Scholastic Book Services Collection 133
1976 New Arabian Nights The Limited Editions Club Collection
December 1979 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Famous Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection |6
May 1981 Cover Dead of Night William Kimber Anthology 59
January 1984 Cover Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films Stein and Day Anthology
February 1986 Cover Dead of Night Stein and Day Anthology 59
February 1988 The Body Snatcher and Other Stories Signet Classic / New American Library Collection 20
August 1989 Cover Dead of Night Dorset Press Anthology 59
August 1991 The Collected Shorter Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Robinson Collection 70
September 1991 Cover The Complete Shorter Fiction Carroll & Graf Collection 70
1992 Cover Les Nouvelles Mille et Une Nuits: Tome 2 Phébus Collection
1992 Cover High Adventure: Tales of Exploration, Escape, and Intrigue Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 411
December 1993 Cover The Complete Shorter Fiction Carroll & Graf Collection 70
March 1994 The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition Henry Holt Collection 1:140|140
March 1994 The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition Henry Holt Collection 1:140|140
March 1997 New Arabian Nights Project Gutenberg Collection
1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels Da Capo Press Omnibus 231
March 1998 Cover Tales of Adventure Canongate Books Collection 37
April 2001 Cover Las nuevas mil y una noches Alba Editorial Collection |10
2014 Cover The Giant Book of Classic Romance Stories Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 414
August 2023 Cover Robert Louis Stevenson Collection Flame Tree Press Omnibus 148