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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

James Thurber

First published 1947
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

To escape his overbearing wife, Walter Mitty has vivid daydreams in which he becomes various adventurous or important characters. No speculative content.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1947 Cover The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language The Dial Press Anthology 606
1955 Cover The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language The Dial Press Anthology 606
1956 Cover The Golden Argosy Bantam Books Anthology
1968 Cover Designs in Fiction The Macmillan Company Anthology 47
1979 Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 202
January 1979 Cover The Greatest Man in the World Perfection Learning Collection
May 1979 Cover Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 202
1981 Cover The Treasury of American Short Stories Doubleday Anthology |281
1987 My World—and Welcome to It Methuen Collection 11
1990 The Treasury of American Short Stories Dorset Press Anthology 281
April 2010 Cover My World—and Welcome to It Blackstone Audio Collection |9
June 2011 Cover The James Thurber Audio Collection: Fables and Selected Stories HarperAudio Collection |9
December 2013 Zoetrope: All Story, Winter 2013-2014 AZX Publications MAGAZINE 83
2016 Cover The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Penguin Books Collection 23