For works with similar titles, see The Liar.
Versions of The Liar include:
  • "The Liar" in The Century Magazine 36:
    — First publication in any form.
  • "The Liar" in A London Life, The Patagonia, The Liar, Mrs. Temperly (2 volumes, London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1889) 2: 147–275.
    — First book edition, published in two volumes. This is nominally both the first English edition and the first American edition, but it was never issued in America.
  • "The Liar" in A London Life, The Patagonia, The Liar, Mrs. Temperly (1 volume, American issue, London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1889): 243–315.
    — A second edition, published in a single volume. This American issue was effectively the first American book edition, and was presented as such.
  • "The Liar" in A London Life, The Patagonia, The Liar, Mrs. Temperly (1 volume, English issue, London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1889): 243–315.
    — The second English edition, published in a single volume. This English issue is identical to the American issue except for an imprint on the verso of the title-leaf, identifying it as a "New Edition".
  • "The Liar" in A London Life, The Liar, Mrs. Temperly (Leipzig: Heinemann & Balestier, 1891): ?–?.
    — A Continental edition; volume 30 of The English Library.
  • "The Liar" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 12: 313–388.
    — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.
  • "The Liar" in The Aspern Papers, The Turn of the Screw, The Liar, The Two Faces (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 281–347.
    — Volume 17 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.
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