One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances

One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances is a collection of fantasy short stories by Théophile Gautier, selected from his Nouvelles and Romans et Contes and translated from the French by Lafcadio Hearn.[1] The translation was Hearn's first book, and is considered one of the best English translations of Gautier.[2] It was first published in hardcover by Richard Worthington in 1882, and reprinted in 1886, 1888, 1890 and 1891; later reprint editions were issued by H. W. Hagemann (1894) and Brentano's in 1899, 1900, 1906, 1910, 1915, and 1927. The first British edition was published by MacLaren and Co. in 1907. The work was reprinted in 1999 by Wildside Press, a trade paperback edition with page count matching the original.[3]

One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances
Cover of the 1900 Brentano's edition
AuthorThéophile Gautier
TranslatorLafcadio Hearn
CountryUnited States
GenreFantasy short stories
PublisherRichard Worthington
Publication date
1882
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pagesix, 321 pp

Lin Carter intended to reissue the collection as a volume in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, though this hope was not realized.[4]

Copyright for the work has expired in the United States, so it now resides in the public domain. The text is available via Project Gutenberg.

Contents
  • "To the Reader" (Lafcadio Hearn)
  • "One of Cleopatra's Nights" (Une nuit de Cléopâtre, 1838)
  • "Clarimonde" (La morte amoureuse, 1836)
  • " Arria Marcella" (1852)
  • "The Mummy's Foot" (Le Pied de momie, 1840)
  • "Omphale: A Rococo Story" (Omphale, 1845)
  • "King Candaules" (Le Roi Candaule, 1844)
  • "Addenda" (Lafcadio Hearn)

Reception

Edward Bleiler praised the collection for possessing "[t]he glamour and fascination of the past, told with a fine mixture of sentimentality and horror."[5]

References
  1. Gautier, Théophile (1882). One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances. New York: Richard Worthington. p. v.
  2. Barron, Neil (1990). Fantasy Literature: a Reader's Guide. New York: Garland. pp. 2–64.
  3. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  4. Servello, Stephen J. (2006). Apostle of Letters: A Critical Evaluation of the Works of Lin Carter. Winchester, VA: WildCat Books.
  5. Bleiler, Everett F. (1983). The Guide to Supernatural Fiction. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. p. 678.
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