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Title: The Devil in the Belfry: An Extravaganza

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Title: The Devil in the Belfry: An Extravaganza Title Record # 1004542
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date: 1839-05-18
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
  • First published in the May 18, 1839 Saturday Chronicle.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1839 The Devil in the Belfry: An Extravaganza [as by Edgar A. Poe, Esq.]
1840 The Devil in the Belfry [as by Edgar A. Poe]
1850
  • First published under this shortened title in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
The Devil in the Belfry
Year Language Title
1854Translated by Charles Baudelaire. First published in Le Pays, 20 September 1854.
French Le diable dans le beffroi
1857Translated by Charles Baudelaire
French Le diable dans le beffroi [as by Edgar Poe]
1901Translated by Hedda Moeller-Bruck [aka Hedda Eulenberg]
German Der Teufel im Glockenstuhl
1914Translated by Gisela Etzel
German Der Teufel im Glockenstuhl
1991Translated by Carla Borrelli and Matteo Puggioni
Italian Il diavolo sul campanile
1993Translated by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus & Erika Gröger
German Der Teufel im Glockenturm

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times, May 18, 1839 1839-05-18 ed. Editors of Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
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  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1857-00-00 Edgar Poe Michel Lévy Frères     xxiv+
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1869-00-00 Edgar Poe Michel Lévy Frères (Œuvres complètes de Charles Baudelaire #6)     544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Assignation and Other Tales 1884-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe John W. Lovell (Lovell's Library #438)     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Der Teufel im Glockenstuhl 1901-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. C. C. Bruns (Edgar Allan Poes Werke in zehn Bänden #9)     240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1902-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe G. P. Putnam's Sons     viii+
491
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 1903-10-07 Edgar Allan Poe A. C. McClurg & Co.  
$1.00?$: US dollar
xix+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 5 1905-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Croscup & Holby?Croscup and Holby
(The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe #5)
     
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1908-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #336)     xv+
527
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Nebelmeer 1914-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe
Georg Müller?Georg Mueller
(Galerie der Phantasten #2)
    352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales Grotesque and Weird 1926-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Haldeman-Julius (Little Blue Book #940)     64
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  
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  
Thirteen Ghostly Yarns 1932-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist Roland Swain  
$2.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 1941-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Limited Editions Club     xxiii+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1941-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Heritage Press     xix+
366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Thirteen Ghostly Yarns (revised) 1942-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist Macrae-Smith Company  
$2.00?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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 Edgar Allan Poe 1944-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Random House     xii+
562
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Selected Short Stories 1952-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Fine Editions Press     x+
257
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales 1952-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Dodd, Mead & Co. (Great Illustrated Classics)     666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 1958-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Heritage Press     xix+
366
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
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  
Tous les contes d'Edgar Poe 1960-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Géant?Bibliotheque Marabout - Geant
#109)
    575
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  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1336)  
6/6?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).
xii+
527
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 Robin Jacques Checkmark
The Pit and the Pendulum 1962-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Digit Books R565
2/6?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).
158
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  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1963-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent & Sons (Everyman's Library #1336) 1336
6/6?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).
xii+
527
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 Robin Jacques Checkmark
Erzählungen in zwei Bänden: Band 2 1965-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Nymphenburger     456
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alfred Kubin Checkmark
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
Planète, # 27 March-April 1966 1966-03-00 ed. Editors of Planète
Denoël?Denoel
 
F6.50?F: French frank
194
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 Checkmark
The Pit and the Pendulum and Five Other Tales 1967-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Franklin Watts     87
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Speak of the Devil 1967-08-00 ed. Ned E. Hoopes Dell 8184
$0.60?$: US dollar
205
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 Blossom Checkmark
Speak of the Devil 1968-04-00 ed. Ned E. Hoopes Dell 8184
$0.60?$: US dollar
205
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 Blossom  
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1971-03-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£0.50?£: UK pound
xii+
527
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 Smythe Checkmark
Tales of Mystery & Imagination 1975-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe The Easton Press (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)     xx+
366
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
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1977-07-00 Edgar Allan Poe J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1336) 0-460-01336-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
xii+
527
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 Checkmark
Forty-Two Tales 1979-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Octopus Books 0-7064-1053-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
638
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Harry Clarke  
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  
L'orrore nella musica 1991-04-00 ed. Gianni Pilo Fanucci Editore (I Miti di Cthulhu #37) 88-347-0069-4
Lit 17,000?Lit: Italian lira
281
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 Rodney Matthews  
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  
Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires 1998-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Presses Pocket (Pocket Classiques #6050) 2-266-08285-X   363
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  
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 4 (Raven Edition) 2000-04-01 Edgar Allan Poe Project Gutenberg 2150    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Faszination des Grauens 2003-00-00 Edgar Allan Poe Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors) 3-89996-022-X
€9.95?€: Euro
799
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
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
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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