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Texts and Variant Texts Reading copy: “Morella” — reading copy  (copy-text merges Text 01 and Text 03) Manuscripts and Authorized Printings: “Morella” — about 1835 — unfinished "Simmons" manuscript — Text 01  (Mabbott text A)  (This is Mabbott's copytext for this early version) “Morella” — 1835 —  no original manuscript of the complete form, or fragments, are known to exist (but this version is presumably recorded in Text 03) — Text 02 “Morella” — April 1835 — Southern Literary Messenger — Text 03  (Mabbott text B) “Morella” — late 1839 — TGA (1840) — Text 04  (Mabbott text C)  (Although the imprint date is 1840, this book was available by early December 1839. Although it appeared after Text 05, it presumably represents a slightly earlier form.) “Morella” — November 1839 — Burton's — Text 05  (Mabbott text D) “Morella” — 1842 — TGAPP — Text 06  (Mabbott text E) “Morella” — June 21, 1845 — Broadway Journal — Text 07  (Mabbott text F) “Morella” — 1848 — manuscript revisions in Broadway Journal — Text 08  (Mabbott text G)  (This is Mabbott's copytext for the final version) Reprints: “Morella” — 1850 — WORKS — Griswold reprints Text 07  (Mabbott text H) “Morella” — 1852 — Tales and Sketches: to which is added The Raven: A Poem, London, George Routledge & Co. “Morella” — 1894-1895 —  The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 1: Tales, ed. G. E. Woodberry and E. C. Stedman, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (1:174-181) “Morella” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2: Tales I, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (2:27-34, and 2:318-323) “Morella” — 1978 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2: Tales & Sketches I, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2:221-237) Associated Material and Special versions: "Morella” — (French translation by Charles Baudelaire) "Morella” — November 14-15, 1853 — Paris "Morella” — Part I  (November 14, 1853) "Morella” — Part II  (November 15, 1853) "Morella” — September 18, 1854 — Le Pays "Morella” — 1856 — Histoires extraordinaires, Paris: Michel Lévy frères

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