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Olalla

Robert Louis Stevenson

First published 1887
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

During the Peninsular War, an English officer spends time at the house of a Spanish family that suffers from a monstrous hereditary degeneration.

Notes

First published in Court and Society Review Christmas, 1885, according to Locus1.

Publications (57)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1887 Cover The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables Chatto & Windus Collection
1895 The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus 142
1909 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables Current Literature Pub. Co Omnibus
1911 Cover The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus |6
1923 The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Charles Scribner's Sons Collection |10
1925 Cover Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Omnibus
1927 The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
1928 The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Gollancz Collection 857
1932 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Merry Men & Other Tales E. P. Dutton Omnibus |7
June 1932 The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Gollancz Collection 857
1945 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Editions for the Armed Services Collection
August 1950 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories Coward-McCann Collection |11
1963 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection
October 1966 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Laurel-Leaf Collection 151
1968 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales J. M. Dent Omnibus
1968 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Island Night's Entertainments / The Merry Men and Other Stories Heron Books Omnibus
1976 Cover The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson John Calder Collection 62
November 1977 Cover The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Riverrun Press Collection |2
February 1978 Cover The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Dell Laurel-Leaf Collection 73
February 1988 The Body Snatcher and Other Stories Signet Classic / New American Library Collection 109
August 1991 The Collected Shorter Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Robinson Collection 537
September 1991 Cover The Complete Shorter Fiction Carroll & Graf Collection 537
March 1992 Cover The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Anthology 183
July 1993 Cover The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Anthology
August 1993 Cover The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Anthology 183
December 1993 Cover The Complete Shorter Fiction Carroll & Graf Collection 537
March 1994 The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition Henry Holt Collection 2:223|2223
March 1994 The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition Henry Holt Collection 2:223|2223
October 1995 The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables Project Gutenberg Collection
November 1996 Cover Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Konemann Collection
February 1997 Cover Vampires, Wine & Roses Berkley Books Anthology 134
2001 Cover The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Anthology
May 2002 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Penguin Books Collection 93
August 2003 Merry Men IndyPublish.com Collection
September 2003 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Penguin Books Collection 93
2004 Cover The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories Barnes & Noble Books Collection
December 2004 Cover The Suicide Club & Other Dark Adventures Tartarus Press Collection 365
April 2005 Cover The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Kessinger Omnibus 161
2008 Cover Vampires, Wine and Roses Metro Books Anthology 120
May 2008 Cover Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales Oxford University Press Collection 101
2009 Cover The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Anthology 183
February 2009 Cover Scottish Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 552
April 2010 The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Calder Publications Ltd Collection 62
April 2010 Cover The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Oneworld Classics Collection
October 2010 Cover Wulf: Tales of Wolves and Werewolves Coachwhip Publications Anthology
November 2011 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Terrifying Tales Fall River Press Collection 147
November 2012 Cover The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Miniature Masterpieces Collection
December 2012 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Including Two Novellas 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' and 'The Beach of Falesa', One Novelette 'Olalla' and Ten Short Stories of the Macabre and Unusual Leonaur Ltd Collection
December 2012 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson Including Two Novellas 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' and 'The Beach of Falesa', One Novelette 'Olalla' and Ten Short Stories of the Macabre and Unusual Leonaur Ltd Collection
January 2015 Cover The Gothic Terror Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
February 2015 Cover Olalla Cryptofiction Classics Chapbook
February 2015 Cover Olalla Penguin Books Chapbook 1
February 2015 Cover Olalla Penguin Books Chapbook
September 2016 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Sterling Publishing Collection 96
September 2016 Cover The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Alma Classics Collection 96
August 2023 Cover Robert Louis Stevenson Collection Flame Tree Press Omnibus 70
December 2025 Cover Supernatural Tales Alma Books Omnibus |4