Title: The Portent of the Shadow

Title: The Portent of the Shadow Title Record # 2765193
Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1905-12-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: archive.org
Language: English

Note: The story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd, 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).

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Year	Title
1910^ⓘFirst published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the magazine Black and White, Dec 23, 1905.	The Shadow
2018^ⓘThe story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd, 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).	The Portent of a Shadow
2019^ⓘThe story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).	The Shadow [as by Edith Nesbit]

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Jadwiga P. Westrup.	Swedish	Skuggan [as by Edith Nesbit]
2013^ⓘTranslated by BOOKS桜鈴堂	Japanese	影^?Kage [as by E･ネズビット^?E. Nezubitto ]
2020^ⓘTranslated by Enrico De Luca.	Italian	L'ombra [as by Edith Nesbit]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Fear	1910-07-00	E. Nesbit	Stanley Paul & Co.		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).	318	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
E. Nesbit's Tales of Terror	1983-00-00	E. Nesbit	Methuen	0-416-28840-5	£5.50^?£: UK pound	126	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Sparks
E. Nesbit's Tales of Terror	1985-00-00	E. Nesbit	Magnet	0-416-51830-3	£^?£: UK pound	126	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	Richard Sparks
Edith Nesbits skräckhistorier	1985-00-00	Edith Nesbit	AWE/Geber	91-20-07280-5	skr 67^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	136	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Sparks
Ghosts for Christmas	1988-10-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Michael O'Mara Books	0-948397-18-7	£10.95^?£: UK pound	339	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Clifford Harper
In the Dark: Tales of Terror	1988-10-13	E. Nesbit	Equation	1-85336-080-5	£3.50^?£: UK pound	176	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
Ghosts for Christmas	1989-10-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Headline	0-7472-3276-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound	339	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
Ghosts for Christmas	1989-11-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-518-3	$18.95^?$: US dollar	339	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Ghosts for Christmas	1992-10-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Castle Books	1-55521-805-9		339	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1995-10-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Robinson	1-85487-338-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 573	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 Senate
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1995-11-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0279-6	$9.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 573	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 Senate
The Giant Book of Classic Ghost Stories: The Great Stories from the Victorian and Edwardian Era	1997-00-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Magpie Books	1-85487-672-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound	xiv+ 573	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
Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	1997-09-00	ed. Richard Dalby	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-0353-1	$9.98^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 573	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Photodisc
In the Dark	2000-06-15	E. Nesbit	Ash-Tree Press	1-55310-005-0	C$56.00^?C$: Canadian dollar	xv+ 223	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Lamb
The Power of Darkness: Tales of Terror	2006-07-05	E. Nesbit	Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)	1-84022-531-9	$^?$: US dollar	255	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	Paul Cézanne^?Paul Cezanne
In the Dark	2012-05-07	E. Nesbit	Ash-Tree Press	978-1-55310-250-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Richard Lamb
夜のささやき闇のざわめき : ～英米古典怪奇談集^?Yoru no sasayaki yami no zawameki: Eibei koten kaiki-dan-shū 1 Yoru no sasayaki yami no zawameki: Eibei koten kaiki-dan-shuu 1 Yoru no sasayaki yami no zawameki: Eibei koten kaiki-dan-shu 1	2013-08-15	ed. uncredited	BOOKS桜鈴堂^?Books Orindo		¥500^?¥: Japanese yen		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Horror Stories	2016-09-29	E. Nesbit	Penguin Books (Penguin Worlds)	978-0-241-26177-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 194	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	La Boca
Horror Stories	2016-09-29	E. Nesbit	Penguin Books (Penguin Worlds)	978-0-241-97723-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	La Boca
Spirits of the Season: Christmas Hauntings	2018-00-00	ed. Tanya Kirk	The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird)	978-0-7123-5252-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound	318	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	Enrique Bernardou
Echoing Ghost Stories: Literary Reflections of Oral Tradition	2018-00-00	ed. Tim Prasil	Brom Bones Books (Phantom Traditions Library #2)	978-1-948084-04-8	$14.99^?$: US dollar	261	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
From the Dead: The Complete Weird Stories of E. Nesbit	2018-01-00	E. Nesbit	Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror #2)	978-1-61498-214-2	$20.00^?$: US dollar	263	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
In the Dark	2018-02-06	E. Nesbit	HarperCollins (Collins Chillers)	978-0-00-824901-4	$12.99^?$: US dollar	320	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	Mike Topping
From the Dead: The Complete Weird Stories of E. Nesbit	2018-04-27	E. Nesbit	Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror #2)	978-1-61498-225-8	$6.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Aeron Alfrey
Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940	2019-10-31	ed. Melissa Edmundson	Handheld Press (Handheld Classic #12)	978-1-912766-24-6	£12.99^?£: UK pound	321	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	Baron Adolph de Meyer
L'ombra e altri oscuri racconti	2020-07-17	Edith Nesbit	Caravaggio Editore (I classici ritrovati #10)	978-88-314-5621-0	€11.90^?€: Euro	136	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	Daniele Serra
L'ombra e altri oscuri racconti	2020-07-17	Edith Nesbit	Caravaggio Editore (I classici ritrovati #10)		€4.99^?€: Euro		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Daniele Serra
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories	2021-04-13	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-83964-481-8	£20.00^?£: UK pound	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories, December 22, 2021	2021-12-22	ed. Linda Gould	White Enso		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories	date unknown	ed. Richard Dalby	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0279-6	$10.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 573	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 Senate

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Review by Mike Barrett (2014) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2014