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Title: Miriam Title Record # 79720
Author: Truman Capote
Date: 1945-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: An elderly widow meets a young girl with the same first name as her, Miriam. The girl later comes to her home and becomes more and more intrusive.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1964Translated by M.-E. Coindreau, first in Capote's collection Morceaux choisis, Paris, Gallimard, "Du monde entier", 1964.
French Miriam
1969Translated by an unknown hand (Coindreau ?).
French Miriam
1976Translated by Andreas Braem
German Miriam

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Mademoiselle, June 1945 1945-06-00 ed. Editors of Mademoiselle        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
A Tree of Night and Other Stories 1949-00-00 Truman Capote Random House  
$2.75?$: US dollar
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
A Tree of Night and Other Stories 1950-00-00 Truman Capote William Heinemann  
8/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Fantastic, Fall 1952 1952-09-00 ed. Howard Browne Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.35?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Leo Ramon Summers Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-03-19 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster  
$2.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
337
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales 1953-07-00 ed. William Tenn Simon & Schuster / SFBC     336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Bacon Checkmark
Outsiders: Children of Wonder 1954-06-00 ed. William Tenn Permabooks P291
$0.35?$: US dollar
355
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Shock! 1965-00-00 ed. M. C. Allen Popular Library SP375
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Stories Strange and Sinister 1965-12-00 ed. Laurette Pizer Panther 1960
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
173
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Les chefs-d'œuvre de la méchanceté?Les chefs-doeuvre de la mechancete
1969-00-00 ed. Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     464
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jean Gourmelin  
The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1971-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-612686-3
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1972-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-5042-4
$6.50?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1972-06-00 ed. Peter Haining W. H. Allen 0-491-00881-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Lucifer Society: Macabre Tales by Great Modern Writers 1973-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Signet / New American Library Y5568
$1.25?$: US dollar
xx+
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten 1976-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Wunderlich 3-8052-0269-5
DM 29.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Détours dans les ténèbres 1977-02-00 ed. Peter Haining Casterman 2-203-22620-X   230
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories 1978-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Fontana 0-00-615353-4
£0.65?£: UK pound
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth John Holmes  
Twice-Told Tales: An Anthology of Short Fiction 1979-00-00 ed. Gerard A. Barker Houghton Mifflin 0-395-26635-1   xiii+
689
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Luzifer läßt grüßen: Teuflische Geschichten 1979-07-00 ed. Peter Haining dtv (dtv phantastica #1856) 3-423-01856-9
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
278
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Celestino Piatti Checkmark
65 Great Tales of Horror 1981-09-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1729-1   688
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of Horror 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1729-1   688
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection 1986-00-00 ed. Clifton Fadiman Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36805-7   xiii+
847
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by 20th Century Masters 1989-09-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-88184-517-5
$18.95?$: US dollar
374
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tom McKeveny  
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1990-11-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-077-7
£13.95?£: UK pound
373
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stanley Spencer  
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1991-11-00 ed. Robert Phillips Carroll & Graf 0-88184-780-1
$10.95?$: US dollar
373
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Stanley Spencer Checkmark
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1992-03-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-113-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
373
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Stanley Spencer  
Masters of the Macabre: The Best of the 20th Century 1993-04-00 ed. Peter Haining Robert Hale 0-7090-5068-2
£7.99?£: UK pound
256
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Supernatural Stories 1995-11-00 ed. William Mayne Kingfisher 1-85697-211-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jason Cockcroft  
Supernatural Stories 1995-11-00 ed. William Mayne Kingfisher 1-85697-322-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
256
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Jason Cockcroft  
Supernatural Stories 1996-09-00 ed. William Mayne Kingfisher (US) 0-7534-5026-7
$6.95?$: US dollar
223
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories 1996-10-00 ed. Robert Phillips Robinson 1-85487-113-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
x+
374
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Stanley Spencer  
Night Shadows: Twentieth-Century Stories of the Uncanny 2001-10-00 ed. Joan Kessler David R. Godine 1-56792-180-9
$18.95?$: US dollar
xvi+
297
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Edward Hopper  
Supernatural Stories 2004-05-13 ed. William Mayne Kingfisher (US) 0-7534-5719-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
223
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Sharif Tarabay  
Scary Stories 2006-10-00 ed. Barry Moser Chronicle Books 0-8118-5414-0
$16.95?$: US dollar
182
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Barry Moser  
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now 2009-00-00 ed. Peter Straub The Library of America (The Library of America #197) 978-1-59853-048-3
$35.00?$: US dollar
xv+
713
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fredrik Broden , Renee Rhyner Checkmark
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