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"Thou Art the Man"

Edgar Allan Poe

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

  • Manuscript ca. May 28, 1844; first published in the November 1844 Godey's Lady's Book as "Thou Art the Man!". The exclamation point was dropped in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in 1850.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
Wikipedia

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 418|2418
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 418|2418
1855 Tales of Mystery and Imagination and Poems Clarke, Beeton & Co. Collection |23
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 418|2418
1856 Tales of Mystery, Imagination and Humour: Second Series Clarke, Beeton & Co. Collection |15
1880 Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose W. J. Widdleton Collection 386
1889 The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series A. C. Armstrong & Son Collection 357
1895 Weird Tales Henry Altemus Company Collection 154
1901 Mesmeristische Enthüllungen J. C. C. Bruns Collection |80
1905 Cover The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 9 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1920 Hans Pfaalls Mondreise und andere Novellen Propyläen Collection 65
1924 King Pest, and Other Tales Holerth Press Collection
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 160
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 160
1938 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 490
1944 Cover Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |13
1945 Cover Selected Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection |13
1949 Cover Tales of Mystery Pan Books Collection 208
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 595
1953 Cover Fantastische vertellingen Het Spectrum Collection 228
1959 Cover An Omnibus of American Mysteries Juniper Press Anthology 12
March 1960 Cover Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe TAB Books Collection 176
1961 Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 307
1961 Cover Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 307
August 1961 Cover Geschichten des Grauens Heyne Collection 114
1962 Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 176
1962 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 471
1962 Cover The Pit and the Pendulum Digit Books Collection 68
1963 Cover Scrieri alese 2 Editura pentru literatură universală Collection
1963 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 471
1963 Cover Geschichten des Grauens Heyne Collection 114
1964 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute Collection |23
1965 Cover Aventurile lui Arthur Gordon Pym din Nantucket Editura pentru literatură Omnibus
1965 Cover Erzählungen in zwei Bänden: Band 1 Nymphenburger Collection 359
1966 Cover Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 226
1966 Cover De zwarte kat en andere griezelverhalen Meulenhoff Collection 131
1966 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 226
1966 Erste Erzählungen / Grotesken / Arabesken / Detektivgeschichten Walter Collection |403
1969 Geschichten des Grauens 3 Heyne Collection 193
September 1970 Cover Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 176
March 1971 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 471
1972 Cover Tutti i racconti - Il resoconto di Arturo Gordon Pym - Le poesie Bietti Omnibus 533
July 1973 Cover I racconti Feltrinelli Collection 359
1974 Cover Erzählungen Rütten & Loening Collection 408
September 1975 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 490
1976 Cover Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Scholastic Collection 176
1977 Cover Geschichten des Grauens 3 Heyne Collection 193
July 1977 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 471
1978 Cover Erzählungen Rütten & Loening Collection 408
1979 Cover Scrieri alese Editura Univers Collection
1979 Cover Geschichten des Grauens 3 Heyne Collection 193
1979 Cover Forty-Two Tales Octopus Books Collection 541
1981 Cover The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
1983 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 455
October 1983 Cover I racconti: volume terzo 1844-1849 Einaudi Collection 782
August 1984 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 728
1985 Cover Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 455
1986 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Marshall Cavendish Collection 542
1990 Cover I racconti: 1831-1849 Einaudi Collection 514
March 1991 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 226
December 1991 Cover Gli assassinii della Rue Morgue: e altri racconti Mondadori - De Agostini Collection 135
1992 Cover The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 490
March 1992 Cover Mystification and Other Tales: Mystification et autres contes Gallimard Collection 179
March 1992 Cover Mystification and Other Tales: Mystification et autres contes Gallimard Collection 178
1993 Cover Streitgespräch mit einer Mumie Insel Collection 88
1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 728
1995 Cover Racconti scelti Fabbri Editori Collection 257
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection 80
June 2001 Cover Sei stato tu!: e altri racconti Demetra Collection 15
2003 Cover Faszination des Grauens Area Collection 620
October 2008 Cover Werke Insel Omnibus 403|1.0403
May 2009 Cover The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 382
July 2009 Cover Sei stato tu Barbès Collection 17
November 2009 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 431
May 2010 Cover The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 382
July 2010 Cover Racconti del mistero Barbera Collection 239
August 2010 Cover Contos obscuros de Edgar Allan Poe Casa da Palavra Collection 142
April 2011 Cover Fantastische vertellingen Het Spectrum Collection 226
November 2011 Cover The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Mysteries Necropolis Press Collection 177
May 2012 Cover The Very Eye of Death Creation Oneiros Collection 133
November 2013 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) LibriVox Collection 80
August 2017 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 211
December 2018 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection |211
October 2022 Cover Фантастични разкази от неповторимия ХХ век Паритет Anthology 187