Title: The Transformation
Title Record # 94812
Author: Mary Shelley
Date: 1830-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
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Author: Mary Shelley
Date: 1830-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: First published late 1830 in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXI (The Keepsake), pp. 18-39, as "Transformation", as 'by the Author of "Frankenstein." ' (viewed at Google Books)
Synopsis: A boy who left home and lost his moral bearings as he grew to manhood returns to his place of birth, to find that his childhood betrothal has become invalid due to his flawed character. He is inflamed by rage and dreams of vengeance, but comes upon a dwarf who offers to temporarily switch bodies with him, so as to try to repair relations and win back his lost love.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales and Stories | 1891-00-00 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | J. B. Lippincott |
xv+ 386 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| Tales and Stories | 1891-00-00 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | William Paterson |
xiii+ 386 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
| The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | 1967-05-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Robert Hale | 25/-?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). |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | 1967-06-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Taplinger | $4.50?$: US dollar |
254 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth |  |
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| Masters of Horror | 1968-04-00 | ed. Alden H. Norton | Berkley Medallion | X1497 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | |
|
| Ein Totenschädel aus Zucker | 1971-00-00 | ed. Alden H. Norton | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #867) | 867 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
143 | 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 | M. Schmatz | |
| The Nightmare Reader | 1973-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Doubleday & Company | 0-385-02215-8 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 340 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Roger Zimmerman | |
| The Nightmare Reader | 1973-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Gollancz | 0-575-01710-4 | £2.60?£: UK pound |
xv+ 340 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
|
| Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors | 1974-10-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Souvenir Press | 0-285-62152-1 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
316 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Tales and Stories | 1975-06-00 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) | 0-8398-2311-8 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
xvii+ xv+ 386 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Nightmare Reader Volume One | 1976-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Pan Books | 0-330-24598-8 | £0.50?£: UK pound |
191 | 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 | Alan Lee | |
| Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors | 1976-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Mayflower | 0-583-12571-9 | £0.60?£: UK pound |
155 | 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 Edwards | |
| Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings | 1976-00-00 | Mary Shelley | The Johns Hopkins University Press | 0-8018-4062-7 |
xix+ 400 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Samuel John Stump | ||
| Romantic Gothic Tales, 1790-1840 | 1979-00-00 | ed. G. Richard Thompson | Perennial Library / Harper & Row | 0-06-080343-6 / P343 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 337 |
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 | Honi Werner | |
| The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry | 1981-06-00 | ed. Nora Crow Jaffe, Patricia L. Skarda | NAL Meridian | 0-452-00636-8 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 479 |
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 | ||
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-05-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday / SFBC | 5144 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1985-06-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Doubleday | 0-385-18549-9 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense | 1987-06-00 | ed. Simon Petherick | Robert Hale | 0-7090-2933-0 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alessandro Lentati | |
| Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings | 1990-00-00 | Mary Shelley | The Johns Hopkins University Press | 0-8018-4062-7 |
xix+ 400 |
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. |
coll | Samuel John Stump | |
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| The Mary Shelley Reader | 1990-07-00 | Mary Shelley | Oxford University Press | 0-19-506258-2 | £12.95?£: UK pound |
420 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| The Mary Shelley Reader | 1990-07-00 | Mary Shelley | Oxford University Press | 0-19-506259-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
420 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1990-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Dorset Press | 0-88029-518-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 623 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Edward Gorey | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1991-12-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Macdonald | 0-356-20221-6 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural | 1992-10-00 | ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye | Warner Books UK | 0-7515-0030-5 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 658 |
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 | Ashley Pearce | |
| Horror by Lamplight | 1993-08-00 | ed. uncredited | Chancellor Press | 1-85152-315-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
504 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Williams (II) | |
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Chartwell Books | 0-7858-0041-7 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
647 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-03-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-550-2 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
645 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-03-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-551-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 645 |
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 Frankenstein Omnibus | 1995-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-804-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
x+ 734 |
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 | |
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| The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction | 1996-11-00 | Mary Shelley | Tachyon Publications | $10.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 58 |
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. |
coll | Michael Dashow | |
|
| The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction | 1996-11-00 | Mary Shelley | Tachyon Publications | $30.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 58 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Michael Dashow | ||
| Le visage vert, Fevrier 1998 | 1998-02-00 |
ed.
Xavier Legrand-Ferronnière?Xavier Legrand-Ferronniere |
Joëlle Losfeld | F90.00?F: French frank |
160 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | |||
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 2003-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Bounty Books | 0-7537-0831-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 645 |
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 | ||
| Classic Tales of Horror | 2006-04-10 | ed. Adele Hartley | Bloody Books | 0-9549476-8-1 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
251 | 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 | ||
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Secret Sharer / Transformation: Three Tales of Doubles | 2008-03-00 | ed. Barry V. Qualls, Susan J. Wolfson | Pearson Longman (Longman Cultural Editions) | 978-0-321-41561-5 | $10.20?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 239 |
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 | Pach Brothers | |
| Horror Story Collection 5 | 2008-09-15 | ed. LibriVox | LibriVox | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | Harry Clarke | |||
| The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales to Get You Through the Coldest Nights | 2009-06-09 | ed. Barry J. Gillis | Tangled Vines Press | 978-0-9685937-7-6 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
366 | 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 | Dieric Bouts | |
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 | 2010-02-04 | Mary Shelley | Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) | 978-0-85706-057-0 | £13.99?£: UK pound |
483 | 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. |
omni | Michael Conrad Hirt | |
| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 | 2010-02-04 | Mary Shelley | Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series) | 978-0-85706-058-7 | £21.99?£: UK pound |
492 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Michael Conrad Hirt | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | 2012-03-01 | ed. Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan | Robinson | 978-1-78033-039-6 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
500 | 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 | Carlos Castro (artist) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | 2012-04-00 | ed. Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan | Running Press | 978-0-7624-4432-8 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
500 | 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 | Carlos Castro (artist) | |
| Middle Unearthed: The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849 | 2015-02-20 | ed. Andrew Barger | Bottletree Books | 978-1-933747-53-8 | $12.98?$: US dollar |
234 | 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 Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women | 2016-05-18 | ed. S. T. Joshi | Dover Publications (Dover Horror Classics) | 978-0-486-80505-4 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
vi+ 272 |
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 | ||
| Beyond Frankenstein: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction | 2018-02-00 | Mary Shelley | Particle Books / Tachyon Publications | 978-1-61696-058-2 | $3.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |
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| Tales and Stories | 2018-03-01 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | Project Gutenberg | 56665 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley | 2018-09-20 | Mary Shelley | Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror #5) | 978-1-61498-431-3 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
282 | 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. |
coll | Aeron Alfrey | |
| Horror Stories | 2018-12-15 | ed. Mary Shelley (in error) | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78664-807-5 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
480 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Horror Stories | 2018-12-15 | ed. Mary Shelley (in error) | Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78755-256-2 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror | 2019-02-05 | ed. Graeme Davis | Pegasus Books | 978-1-64313-011-8 | $26.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 482 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Graeme Davis | |
| More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror | 2019-02-05 | ed. Graeme Davis | Pegasus Books | 978-1-64313-113-9 | $22.73?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| Transformation | 2019-03-06 | Mary Shelley | Alma Classics (Alma Classics 101 Pages) | 978-0-7145-4948-4 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
chap | ||||
| Transformation | 2019-04-09 | Mary Shelley | Alma Classics (Alma Classics 101 Pages) | 978-1-84749-787-1 | $9.00?$: US dollar |
128 | 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. |
chap | ||
| The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection | 2019-07-02 | ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer | Vintage Books | 978-0-525-43556-3 | $25.00?$: US dollar |
xix+ 822 |
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 | Grandville | |
| The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection | 2019-07-02 | ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer | Vintage Books | 978-0-525-43557-0 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
xix+ 822 |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Grandville | |
| Cambiamento | 2020-11-00 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | Caravaggio Editore (Gemme (Ametiste) #11) | 978-88-314-5632-6 | €4.50?€: Euro |
52 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
chap | ||
| HYNH+ Vol. IV. Nr 3 | 2021-00-00 | ed. Artur Nowakowski | No-Art | 978-83-959205-5-4 | PLN35 | 220 | 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 | Artur Nowakowski | |
| Horror Historia Violet | 2023-06-20 | ed. C. S. R. Calloway | CSRC Storytelling (Horror Historia) | 978-1-955382-73-1 | 386 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Mena Bo | |
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| Masters of Horror | date unknown | ed. Alden H. Norton | Berkley Medallion | X1497 | $0.60?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | |
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| Masters of Horror | date unknown | ed. Alden H. Norton | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-02892-5 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
192 | 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 | |