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The Monster

Stephen Crane

First published 1899
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

"An African-American coachman named Henry Johnson, who is employed by the town's physician, Dr. Trescott, becomes horribly disfigured after he saves Trescott's son from a fire. When Henry is branded a 'monster' by the town's residents, Trescott vows to shelter and care for him, resulting in his family's exclusion from the community." -- Wikipedia

First published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, August 1898. Listed in Ashley & Contento's The Supernatural Index although it is non-supernatural. It is also listed in Contento1.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1899 Cover The Monster and Other Stories Harper & Brothers Collection 3
1950 Cover Selected Prose and Poetry Rinehart Collection 122
June 1981 Cover The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry NAL Meridian Anthology 350
1999 Cover American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 Blackwell Publishers Anthology 373
1999 Cover American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 Blackwell Publishers Anthology 373
July 2019 Cover American Gothic Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology