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Title: The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton Title Record # 78696
Author: Charles Dickens
Date: 1836-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: From Chapter 29 of The Pickwick Papers, 1837
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Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1983 The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton
1984 A Good-Humoured Christmas
2012 The Christmas Goblins
Year Language Title
2020Translated by Students of the Dickens Fellowship of Cararra coordinated by Camilla Eracli.
Italian La storia dei goblin che rapirono il sacrestano

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories 1945-00-00 ed. Edward Wagenknecht Bobbs-Merrill Company     xviii+
659
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons 1967-02-00 ed. Rod Serling Bantam Books H3324
$0.60?$: US dollar
viii+
212
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  
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons 1967-02-00 ed. Rod Serling Bantam Books H3324
$0.60?$: US dollar
viii+
212
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  
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons 1971-03-00 ed. Rod Serling Bantam Books S5821
$0.75?$: US dollar
viii+
212
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
The Supernatural Short Stories of Charles Dickens 1978-00-00 Charles Dickens John Calder; Riverrun Press 0-7145-3678-4
£4.95?£: UK pound
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1982-00-00 Charles Dickens Michael Joseph 0-7181-2097-3
£9.95?£: UK pound
xi+
342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1983-00-00 Charles Dickens Franklin Watts 0-531-09885-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
342
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1983-11-00 Charles Dickens Washington Square Press 0-671-49752-9
$3.95?$: US dollar
408
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
Christmas Spirits 1983-11-00 ed. Peter Haining William Kimber 0-7183-0479-9
£6.95?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ionicus  
The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories 1984-00-00 Charles Dickens Alan Sutton (Pocket Classics) 0-86299-152-8
£1.95?£: UK pound
x+
138
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  
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories 1984-11-00 Charles Dickens Signet / New American Library (Signet Classic) 0-451-51869-1   223
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  
Christmas Ghosts 1987-09-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Arbor House 0-87795-873-4
$17.95?$: US dollar
xv+
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Wendy Wees  
The Signalman and Other Ghost Stories 1988-02-00 Charles Dickens Academy Chicago 0-89733-307-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
138
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  
Christmas Ghosts 1988-10-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Robinson 0-948164-90-5
£5.95?£: UK pound
xv+
284
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 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  
Christmas Ghosts 1988-12-00 ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell Dell 0-440-20217-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
xv+
265
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  
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 Checkmark
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century 1991-09-00 ed. Brian Stableford Dedalus 0-946626-78-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
416
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 Richard Dadd  
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: The 19th Century 1991-09-00 ed. Brian Stableford Dedalus 0-946626-84-7
£18.99?£: UK pound
416
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Dadd  
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories 1992-09-00 Charles Dickens Robert Hale 0-7090-4867-X
£14.95?£: UK pound
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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  
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories 1993-11-00 Charles Dickens St. Martin's Press 0-312-09766-2
$19.95?$: US dollar
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories 1994-12-00 Charles Dickens St. Martin's Paperbacks 0-312-95131-0
$4.99?$: US dollar
293
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 Signalman and Other Ghost Stories 1996-02-00 Charles Dickens Alan Sutton (Pocket Classics) 0-86299-858-1
£5.99?£: 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.
coll  
Classic Ghost Stories II 1998-04-00 ed. Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe Roxbury Park / Lowell House (Lowell House Classics) 1-56565-893-0
$5.95?$: 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.
anth Barbara Kiwak  
A Christmas Carol and Other Haunting Tales 1998-10-00 Charles Dickens Doubleday / SFBC (The New York Public Library Collector's Editions) 17276
$9.98?$: US dollar
xliv+
367
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Sol Eytinge, Jr.  
Classic Scary Stories 1999-00-00 ed. Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe, Molly Cooper Lowell House 0-7373-0309-3   493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Barbara Kiwak Checkmark
Scary Classics: Stories from the Greatest Horror Writers of All Time 2000-00-00 ed. uncredited Lowell House 0-7373-0438-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
viii+
246
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 Michele Lanci-Altomare  
Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2001-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Arcturus Publishing 1-84193-013-X   519
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 Paul Ashby Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural 2002-00-00 ed. Robin Brockman Gramercy Books 0-517-22095-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
519
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Paul Ashby  
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction 2008-04-00 ed. Douglas A. Anderson Del Rey / Ballantine 978-0-345-49890-8
$15.00?$: US dollar
xi+
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 John Howe Checkmark
Ghost Stories 2009-09-01 Charles Dickens Collector's Library / CRW Publishing 978-1-905716-54-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Christmas Ghost Stories 2009-11-11 Charles Dickens Newton Page 978-1-934619-00-1
$14.99?$: US dollar
262
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 John Leech  
The Supernatural Short Stories of Charles Dickens 2010-04-01 Charles Dickens Oneworld Classics 978-0-7145-4333-8
$15.99?$: US dollar
160
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  
A Boxful of Ghosts 2010-10-01 Marcus Clapham, David Stuart Davies, Charles Dickens, M. R. James Collector's Library / CRW Publishing 978-1-907360-20-6
£29.99?£: UK pound
1872
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 16 2012-05-06 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  
A Christmas Carol 2013-09-12 Charles Dickens Running Press Kids (Steampunk Classics) 978-0-7624-5090-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll
Zdenko Bašić?Zdenko Basic
 
Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories 2014-11-30 Charles Dickens Robert Hale 978-0-7198-1683-3
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll John Leech  
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  
Ghost Stories 2016-09-08 Charles Dickens Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library) 978-1-5098-2540-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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 Checkmark
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  
Supernatural Short Stories 2020-06-25 Charles Dickens Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy: Classic Tales) 978-1-83964-193-0
$30.00?$: US dollar
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Storie di goblin e fantasmi 2020-10-31 Charles Dickens Black Dog Edizioni (Cerbero) 979-12-8016800-9
€35.00?€: Euro
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Cristina Sosio  
Santa Claws Is Coming to Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity 2020-12-23 ed. Michael J. Evans, Harrison Graves Grinning Skull Press 978-1-947227-59-0
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Jeffrey Kosh  
Santa Claws Is Coming to Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity 2020-12-29 ed. Michael J. Evans, Harrison Graves Grinning Skull Press 978-1-947227-58-3
$17.95?$: US dollar
384
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 Jeffrey Kosh  
Christmas Gothic Short Stories 2022-09-27 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-80417-164-6
£20.00?£: UK pound
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons date unknown ed. Rod Serling Bantam Books Q2580
$1.25?$: US dollar
viii+
212
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
Classic Scary Stories date unknown ed. Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe, Molly Cooper Lowell House     493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Barbara Kiwak  
Best Ghost Stories date unknown Charles Dickens Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics) 978-1-85326-734-5   x+
273
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 John Leech  
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories date unknown Charles Dickens Signet Classic / New American Library 0-451-52283-4
$3.95?$: US dollar
223
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  
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