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The Invisible Girl

Mary Shelley

First published 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

<br> The "invisible" girl is an orphan whose wealthy guardian would keep her from suitors, including his son and heir, which leads to persecution and hiding in a beacon tower.


First published late 1832 in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXIII (The Keepsake), pp. 210-27, as "by the Author of Frankenstein." (viewed at Google Books)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1974 Cover The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror Taplinger Anthology 80
March 1974 Cover The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror Gollancz Anthology 80
1976 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 190
1990 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 190
December 2000 Cover Welsh Fantasy Stories Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Anthology 85
January 2010 Cover Horror Masters Vol. 6 River Styx Publishing Anthology
February 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 2 Leonaur Ltd Omnibus |2
February 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 2 Leonaur Ltd Omnibus
September 2018 Cover Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley Hippocampus Press Collection |5
December 2018 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 287
December 2018 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology |287
December 2021 Cover LampLight, December 2021 Apokrupha MAGAZINE 42
January 2024 Cover Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love British Library Publishing Anthology 7