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Title: Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling Title Record # 1004418
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1840-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: en.wikisource.org, librivox.org
Language: English
Note:
  • First appears in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840, but thought to have been published sometime during 1837-1839, as all other works in TGA were known to have been published elsewhere first. No record of a prior publication has been found, however.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1840 Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling [as by Edgar A. Poe]
Year Language Title
1993Translated by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus & Erika Gröger
German Warum der kleine Franzose die Hand in der Schlinge trägt

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 1840-01-00 Edgar A. Poe Lea and Blanchard     243+
228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1850-01-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     xx+
483+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1853-00-10 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe 1856-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield     lv+
483+
xxxvi+
495+
607+
447
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose 1880-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe W. J. Widdleton     clxxviii+
676
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series 1889-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe A. C. Armstrong & Son     vi+
446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 9 1905-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby
(The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #9)
     
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Poe's Short Stories 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Harcourt, Brace & Company     xxxvi+
460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes 1927-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     1296
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms 1931-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Blue Ribbon Books     [32]+
918
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1938-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant)  
$1.25?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone  
The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1943-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Sun Dial Press     460
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dolphin Books / Doubleday C50
$0.95?$: US dollar
317
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.
coll Edward Gorey  
Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library     vii+
736
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1966-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday  
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
819
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1975-09-00 Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books 0-394-71678-7 / V-678
$5.95?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
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 Checkmark
The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1981-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-14990-5
$35.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
683
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe 1983-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press 0-517-41375-2   xii+
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1984-08-01 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$27.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1985-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books 0-517-05358-6   ix+
753
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1991-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday 0-385-07407-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
821
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jackie Schuman  
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1992-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) 0-679-60007-8
$20.00?$: US dollar
xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Der Teufel im Glockenturm 1993-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Insel (Insel Taschenbuch #1528) 3-458-33228-6
DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
398
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.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales 1994-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Library of America (The Library of America #19) 0-940450-18-6
$37.50?$: US dollar
1408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) 2000-04-01 Edgar Allan Poe Project Gutenberg 2151    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems 2009-11-29 Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books 978-0-7858-1453-5   xiv+
842
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) 2013-11-23 Edgar Allan Poe LibriVox      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll  
The Annotated Poe 2015-10-26 Edgar Allan Poe Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 978-0-674-05529-2
$39.95?$: US dollar
411
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Phantasy-Pieces date unknown Edgar Allan Poe        
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library (Modern Library Giant) G40   xii+
1026
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Paul Galdone Checkmark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Complete Tales and Poems date unknown Edgar Allan Poe Walter J. Black, Inc.     760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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