Robert E. Howard’s writings
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The House — Draft 1

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StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units9
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Characters in this exact text

EustaceEustace Geoffrey — Justin Geoffrey’s lawyer brotherOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337Humphrey SkuylerHumphrey Skuyler — figure in the Geoffrey family/local history investigated by ConradOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337James ConradJohn Conrad — neighbor assisting the investigationOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337brother JohnJohn Geoffrey — Justin Geoffrey’s banker brotherOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337Justin GeoffreyJustin Geoffrey — fictional poet/occult figure recurring in Howard’s weird fictionOn Page7 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337KirowanKirowan — first-person narrator; source gives surname onlyOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337Mrs. GeoffreyMrs. Geoffrey — Justin Geoffrey’s motherOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337Squire AbnerSquire Abner — figure in the local history investigated by ConradOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337WilliamWilliam Geoffrey — Justin Geoffrey’s younger brother at HarvardOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The House, supplied PDF pp. 333–337

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent9 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 9 pages / 9 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 64470–64478

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving witness. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The spreadsheet records the witness/pages as unnumbered. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · House, The (d1) · TSS 64470–64478 · spreadsheet rows 8026–8034

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, 2008)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, supplied Del Rey 2008 PDF, pp. 333–337; Notes on the Original Howard Texts, pp. 340–351.