The Island of the Fay
| First published | January 1850 |
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| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
An unnamed narrator recounts what may be a dream vision of an enchanted island and the enchantment of nature.
- First published in the June 1841 Graham's Magazine.
- Originally commissioned to accompany an engraving by John Sartain. When it was reprinted, it was revised to omit references to the illustration. The Library of America "Poetry and Tales" prints the original version accompanied by the engraving.
- See the notes here and this OCR scan.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| January 1850 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 360 | |
| 1853 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 360 | |
| 1856 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 360 | |
| 1857 | Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires | Michel Lévy Frères | Collection | 275 | |
| 1869 | Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires | Michel Lévy Frères | Collection | 363 | |
| 1882 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | George Routledge & Sons | Collection | ||
| 1886 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | George Routledge & Sons | Collection | ||
| 1902 | The Gold-Bug and Other Tales | A. L. Burt Company | Collection | 316 | |
| 1902 | Gedichte und Anderes | J. C. C. Bruns | Collection | |80 | |
| 1903 |
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2 (Raven Edition) | P. F. Collier & Son | Collection | 208 |
| October 1903 | The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | A. C. McClurg & Co. | Collection | 437 | |
| 1905 |
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The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 4 | Croscup & Holby | Collection | |
| 1908 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | ||
| 1920 | Ligeia und andere Novellen / Sieben Gedichte | Propyläen | Collection | 77 | |
| 1921 |
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Racconti straordinari | Facchi | Collection | 263 |
| 1927 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Charles Scribner's Sons | Collection | |29 | |
| 1927 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes | Walter J. Black, Inc. | Collection | 307 | |
| 1931 | The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms | Blue Ribbon Books | Collection | 307 | |
| 1932 |
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The Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales | Halcyon Press (1930s) | Collection | |
| 1938 |
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 285 |
| 1951 |
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Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 192 |
| 1952 | Tales | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Collection | 73 | |
| 1956 |
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Selected Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 172 |
| 1956 |
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Selected Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 172 |
| 1960 |
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Tous les contes d'Edgar Poe | Marabout | Collection | 428 |
| 1961 |
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories | Digit Books | Collection | |
| 1962 |
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton | Collection | 60 |
| 1963 |
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | 60 |
| 1965 |
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Erzählungen in zwei Bänden: Band 1 | Nymphenburger | Collection | 117 |
| 1966 |
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Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | International Collectors Library | Collection | 564 |
| 1966 |
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | 564 |
| 1966 | Erste Erzählungen / Grotesken / Arabesken / Detektivgeschichten | Walter | Collection | |665 | |
| March 1971 |
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 60 |
| 1972 |
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Tutti i racconti - Il resoconto di Arturo Gordon Pym - Le poesie | Bietti | Omnibus | 405 |
| July 1973 |
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I racconti | Feltrinelli | Collection | 122 |
| September 1975 |
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Vintage Books | Collection | 285 |
| July 1977 |
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 60 |
| November 1978 |
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Racconti | Garzanti | Collection | 454 |
| 1981 |
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The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | |
| 1983 |
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Edgar Allan Poe | Chatham River Press | Collection | 280 |
| October 1983 |
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I racconti: volume secondo 1841-1843 | Einaudi | Collection | 396 |
| August 1984 |
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Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 932|932.2 |
| 1985 |
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Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Gramercy Books | Omnibus | 280 |
| 1986 |
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories | Marshall Cavendish | Collection | 73 |
| 1990 |
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I racconti: 1831-1849 | Einaudi | Collection | 263 |
| March 1991 |
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | 564 |
| 1992 |
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The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 285 |
| 1993 |
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Die Morde in der Rue Morgue | Insel | Collection | 75 |
| 1994 |
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Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 932|932.2 |
| August 1994 |
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Selected Tales | Penguin Books | Collection | 172 |
| 1995 |
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Racconti scelti | Fabbri Editori | Collection | 187 |
| 1998 |
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Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires | Presses Pocket | Collection | |
| April 2000 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 2 (Raven Edition) | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 2004 |
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher And Other Stories | Planet Three | Collection | |21 |
| October 2008 |
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Werke | Insel | Omnibus | 665|1.0665 |
| November 2009 |
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Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems | Castle Books | Collection | 227 |
| July 2010 |
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Racconti del mistero | Barbera | Collection | 211 |