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A Young Wife’s Tale

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Opening lines

My husband’s brother’s wife is a woman I fear and hate.My husband does not understand how I feel toward his brother’s mate.A tall dark strong young woman like an Egyptian queen,With motions slow and cat-like and eyes with a brooding sheen.

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Characters in this Work

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the husbandunnamed husband of the narrator in “A Young Wife’s Tale”1 textual statethe husband’s brotherunnamed brother of the narrator’s husband in “A Young Wife’s Tale”1 textual statethe sister-in-lawunnamed wife of the husband’s brother and central threatening figure in “A Young Wife’s Tale”1 textual statethe young wifefirst-person wife and narrator of “A Young Wife’s Tale”1 textual state

Publication appearances

Risque Stories no. 5Cryptic PublicationsMarch 1987↗The "New" Howard Reader #2Joe & Mona MarekAugust 1998 | 2nd state of 1 edition also August 1998↗The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929REH Foundation PressJune 2007↗The Last of the Trunk Och Brev i UrvalParadox Entertainment Inc.September 2007↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗Shrieks and Chants from Pale Shadows: Verses of Perversion and ManiaCharles HoffmanNovember 2025↗