When Alfred Fatigay returns to his native London, he brings along his trustworthy pet chimpanzee Emily who, unbeknownst to Fatigay, has become civilized: literate, literary--and in love with Fatigay himself. After Emily meets Alfred's fiancée Amy Flint, a 1920's "modern woman," she sets out to save her beloved from Amy's cold grip. "Emily is the perfect outside observer," writes Eva Brann in her introduction, "because she is an African in Europe, a female in a man's world, a servant to liberated sophisticates, and above all an old-fashioned creature in a modern world."
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Hardback Editions
June 1993 : Hardback
| Title: His Monkey Wife Author(s): John Collier ISBN: 0-89968-394-0 / 978-0-89968-394-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Buccaneer Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 1969 : Hardback
| Title: His Monkey Wife (Landmark Library) Author(s): John Collier ISBN: 0-7011-1442-8 / 978-0-7011-1442-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Chatto and Windus Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1957 : Hardback
| Title: His Monkey Wife Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Doubleday Availability: Amazon More details... |
1930 : Hardback
| Title: His Monkey Wife; Or, Married to a Chimp Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Peter Davies Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2000 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife Author(s): John Collier, Eva Brann ISBN: 0-9664913-3-5 / 978-0-9664913-3-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Paul Dry Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1994 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp Author(s): John Collier ISBN: 0-86072-166-3 / 978-0-86072-166-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Robin Clark Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1985 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife or Married to a Chimp Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 1983 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp (Twentieth Century Classics) Author(s): John Collier ISBN: 0-19-281407-9 / 978-0-19-281407-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1975 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife Author(s): John collier ISBN: 0-671-78873-6 / 978-0-671-78873-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1930 : Paperback
| Title: His Monkey Wife Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Peter Davies Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
1957 : Unknown
| Title: His monkey wife, or , Married to a chimp Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Hart-Davis Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1931 : Unknown
| Title: His Monkey Wife, Or Married to a Chimp Author(s): John Collier Publisher: Appleton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1930 : Unknown
| Title: His monkey wife, or, Married to a chimp, Author(s): John Collier Publisher: P. Davies Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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